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I asked, voice carrying. “From the burden you represent,” he answered calmly. “Freedom is heavy. We are tired.” A murmur of agreement followed. Ronan stiffened beside me. I stepped forward alone. “You think I enjoy this?” I asked. “You think being unbound is peace?” “No,” the man replied gently. “But it is unstable.” I smiled then. Not kindly. “Stability is just fear with rules,” I said. “And I don’t kneel to either.” The man’s gaze flicked—past me.

He takes it out and dusts it well. “The Realm of Man,” he mutters. “By Mikhael Vadimovna.” This is the only book in existence which has been written by Mikhael Vadimovna. It has been preserved in the Royal Library and is not known to the public. This may have answers, Eduard thinks. He flips the book’s pages and goes through the content. “Men will only achieve inner peace if they are keeping their cognitive mind free from any disturbance,” he reads. “Meditating in the morning soothes the soul and a glass of green sprout mixed with a dash of honey will…”

Like a man. Not a force. Not a void. Just someone who had once made a choice— And might again. “You want to understand,” he said. “Yes.” “And you think that will change anything.” “I think it already has.” He stopped just a few feet from her. Closer than ever. No distortion. No overwhelming presence. Just him. And her. And everything between them. “You believe in something that cannot be protected,” he said. “Freedom.” “Yes.” “And you think it will survive.”

I think about the lives I will save. I think about Nathaniel. About the mansion. About the empty closet. About the photograph Marcus showed me. I feel nothing. That is not true. I feel something. It is not love. It is not forgiveness. It is not hope. It is freedom.

What it looked like to see the habit running and choose differently. Not once. Every time. The continuous work. The real and incomplete. The alive. The community had listened. With the specific quality of people hearing something that named what they had been experiencing and had not had words for. An older man had spoken on the sixth day. He had been in his pack for thirty years before leaving. He had said: I thought I was free of it when I left. I did not understand that I had brought it with me in here. He touched his chest.

"This is annoying. Is this what it is like dealing with me - this 'not knowing'?" "Yes and you proved it by the way," I murmured. Several more seconds. "This is really annoying me. Pick something else." Pause. "What does it prove?" "You love me," I grinned. "Love without freedom is illusionary. Freedom of thought is the basis of hope and hope drives all endeavors." A long pause. I was a bit curious about what was happening to my body. "Please." "No." "I could give you a divine gift...speak in tongues...regeneration...long life?"

Only one thought echoed in my mind… What the hell kind of man have I tied myself to?

Resilient. I went back to the desk and added a final paragraph to the article. Freedom is not loud. It doesn't announce itself. It doesn't always come with a moment of obvious triumph. Sometimes it is simply the ability to sit in a quiet room and recognize yourself without fear - to hear your own thoughts without another voice layered over them, telling you what they mean. I saved it and sat back.

His voice was low, carrying weight that seemed to settle in my bones. I swallowed hard. “Yes.” His gaze sharpened, pinning me where I sat. “No, you won’t. Not unless you decide what you’re running toward, not just what you’re running from.” The car slowed, tires crunching over snow as we approached a crossroads. My pulse quickened. This was it my chance to get out, to disappear again. The man studied me for a long moment, then leaned back, his words precise, deliberate. “If you want revenge, survive. If you want freedom, fight.”