Days turned into weeks, but Kael didn't return to her.
Renz found him sitting alone on the rooftop. "Bro… what happened? You don't look like yourself."
Kael looked at the sky, his voice low. "She chose another."
Renz's jaw tightened. "Then she never deserved you."
Kael closed his eyes. For the first time since his rebirth, the pain wasn't from fists or blood—it was from the heart.
But deep inside, something was awakening again. The part of him that once ruled, that once stood unshaken in battle.
"She was my reason to stop fighting," Kael whispered. "But if she's gone… then maybe I return to the path I left behind."
The rooftop fell silent. Only the night wind carried his words.
And so, the heart that once found peace was shattered—pushing Kael back toward the world he tried to escape.