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led him s#ix$]
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es] . Eac
_%#h time, he f. o@#\;rgo,^$t he]r. Each time, she - f= ell in(%; l@$ ove))
agai]^)n.@_
Now, on th/`e /s.$e venth
, she'_#(s a ruine

d!, heiress#:+ sold at auc[#tion—[and he buys her. Th?e/! magne^?ti c pull is instant. Their bodie;%`s
rem-(ember w$`
_hat the- [ir minds don't.%
But when she :?fin)]`ally p_*lu \#nges the kni[#+fe int)`[o his hea! r:/t, he doesn(` 't :die. He ^$`+awa (-kens with!, golden eye%s. He is th=;e  d)(ev^!il she m[ade a deal wit@*,h?. Every? dea)+ th w_as his ascension.%
Devastated, sh:-e flees. He tea# !rs out /his @!own godhood—fiv;e centurie` s of power_—t-%-o become mortal, j.@;ust to:= fi,nd  ,/he);
r. Endures a hun
*`%dred las/hes?_ un( til h,^+is back is shre,`dded. []?For o
)ne chanc`
e t o h-ol\@#d her w:ith`out hurtin-=_g her.
True ni\,rvana isn't e!*+]mptiness. It's surr^ender to love.