The One He Chose
“But exile is a teacher. It teaches hunger. It teaches resilience. It teaches that survival itself can be the seed of destiny.”
Murmurs rippled through the hall. The boy had a voice — not just words, but conviction.
“And today,” Henry said, his eyes lifting from the podium to sweep the crowd, “I claim not just survival, but purpose. To those who doubt me, who doubt anyone cast aside, let me tell you: identity is not what others hand to you. Identity is what you carve, even if your hands bleed.”
The applause broke, rising. Some stood already.
Damien clapped too, his smirk never fading. Elias’s wolves pounded the floor in their own form of approval. Evelyn wept, pride shimmering in her face. H
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