The room quaked at the arrival of the lord of the realm

  redacted knew what was to come

  thump thump

  redacted’s lion heart thumped in his chest in fear

  redacted was at the door now

  His presence was unmistakable

  An overwhelming sense of life

  The flowers outside

  A krisp breath of air in his lungs

  And a renewed vitality

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  But he knew better than to hand on to those feelings

  He felt the suffocation of a crowded forest while trying to fight for the sun’s attention

  The feeling on the back of his neck of eyes looking at him

  The anguish as he slowly died from a sickness ravaged his body from the inside

  The man entering his home was life itself

  Life was cruel

  Life was uncompromising

  Life was unending

  …….

  in a voice that surrounded him on all sides and emanated in his head the man spoke

  “You know the rules, guardian of Sequence redacted”

  redacted moved his child further behind him

  “This is one born between the love of redacted and I”

  With a swipe of redacted’s hand redacted fell to his knees coughing up blood

  “And yet He is mortal”

  The boy, crying and worried for his father did not know what to do

  He stood there frozen at the gaze of the green eyes of the man