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Completed! =) Healing is not just healing, it is also politics. Edwin had heard it all, had repeated it time and time again. He did not want to accept those words. They were vile, they were poisonous. A necromancer such as himself had no right to become a healer, he still did his best. An altruist like him had no place in the service of the king as Boliarin. He still refused to give up the title, for fear that someone else would take it, and plunge Duria into chaos. All his life, he had played by the rules. Even when he suffered losses, even when he believed he could not look himself in the mirror. Everyone has a breaking point. Edwin did not lie to himself. He was calm, but not sane. The camel's back had long since been broken. And yet, when his ray of moonlight, the vampire Hadrian, offered to travel with him, Edwin agreed. He lets himself pretend he was good, hoping he might lie to himself one of those days. Would Harry be enough to stop him from darkening the world? Or would he end up just another villain, who had once been bright-eyed and hopeful? The story is complete, and has 109 chapters in total, around 1k each. Updates: 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thank you for your time! =)

doravg · LGBT+
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109 Chs

Chapter 33: Letting go.

 "May the heavenly spirit guide the souls of Helena, daughter, wife, and mother…"

They were clustered around Edwin. Each had taken a hold of his coat and had refused to let go. They watched him, his face unreadable, as the priest continued to drone on.

The children hadn't known about Helena and the triplets. They had been mortified when they learned about the prophecy. But Hadrian hadn't wanted any secrets between them.

A secret is like a weed, his grandmother always said, it chokes the healthy plants and steals away their water.

Growing up, Hadrian had always tried to keep secrets from the woman. She had been his only family, and he felt it would be better not to burden her. He never let her in, no matter how hard she tried to be there for him.

 Looking back at that, he regretted it.

"And, just as we were ashes in the beginning…"