Chapter 13 : A Birthday's Bittersweet Symphony

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:01:56 +0000

The midnight hour cast long shadows across the room as they sat wrapped in each other's presence, their shared grief a tangible thing between them. Silent tears tracked down their faces as they sought solace in the quiet understanding that only comes from shared loss. The video they had just watched would be forever etched in their memories, a raw wound that felt more devastating than the flames of hell itself. Until now, they had lived with imagination's merciful veil, constructing their own version of events. But now, reality had torn away that protective shroud. They had witnessed him reaching out to them even as life ebbed from his body, his final moments a testament to his boundless love.