The Witch's Last Embrace
After several failed attempts, exhausted and disheveled, he remained on the ground, still reaching for me with unrelenting determination.
"Let me touch you, just once more... please?" His voice was a broken plea, his hand trembling, desperate, full of longing.
The crowd around us remained still, either frightened by his madness or awed by his obsession. No one dared to breathe.
I adjusted my clothes, then slowly descended the stairs.
"Goodbye," I said softly, placing my hand gently in his outstretched palm.
Luci's face lit up, as if touched by a divine grace. He smiled, his joy fleeting, before tears overtook him.
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