He chased it like a lifeline, tearing through the forest and killing whoever stood in the way until he arrived at the clearing where Elric and the others had stood moments before. But by then, it was too late.
They were gone.
Only the lingering echo of her presence remained—faint but unmistakable. And with it, the pain.
A fresh wave of torment crashed into him, stronger than before; it felt like an aftershock following an earthquake. Whether it was the sting of rejection or the agony of heartbreak, he didn't know.
All he knew was that his heart couldn't bear it.
And then everything went black.
When Zion finally came to his senses, he realized that days had passed. He was lying in the bed he once shared with Addison. The emptiness of the space struck him—the absence of her presence, her scent, now faint and barely there, reminding him that she was no longer by his side.
