Chapter 35: From Banishment to Breakthrough
Riven Veylor sat alone in his camp room, a deep frown etched into his forehead.
A flashback...
Rain poured down like the sky itself was grieving. Car horns blared in the distance. A bridge loomed ahead, shrouded in mist.
And a man—walked forward, wearing the same expression Alex had worn just moments ago.
Defeat. Lifeless eyes. A soul abandoned by hope, expecting nothing from the world.**
Riven gritted his teeth, his hands trembling slightly. He had buried that memory long ago... until now.
"That look..." he whispered to the stillness. "I'd forgotten it."
Silence fell, heavy and suffocating like the storm raging inside his mind.
"I did the exact same thing... to someone like him."
His gaze dropped, voice cracking under the weight of truth long denied.
"Did I... become the very person I once hated?"