ECHOES OF THE PAST
His enhanced perception registered my failing vital signs, the cellular collapse that no conventional medicine could address.
"I'm here," he said, taking my hand even though I probably couldn't feel it anymore. "Richard's captured, secured, facing justice for everything he's done. You did it, Aria. You won."
But victory felt hollow with me dying from its cost.
"Stay with me," he whispered again, the mantra he'd been repeating since the Severance took its payment. "You don't get to sacrifice yourself now. Not after everything. Stay with me."
Around us, medical personnel were running out of options, their equipment unable to address collapse operating at levels beyond their expertise.
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