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Intro. The empire calls him a monster. They whisper Emperor Cedric Kael Alvereth was born without a heart—that war carved it out, and the throne sealed the wound. They are wrong. Cedric once had a heart. He lost it long before the war, long before the crown. Nights find him alone on the balcony, the wind tugging at his cloak, never reaching the emptiness inside. Power did not save him. Revenge did not heal him. He remembers a hidden lake, moonlight on water, quiet warmth, no name, no demands—just presence. That presence never returned. Five years into his reign, Cedric no longer waits. Not because he forgot. Hope hurts more than memory. Yet, in the magic forest on the night of the hunt, something stirs. Recognition. A warmth long dead brushes his soul. For the first time since childhood, he feels it: the fragile, terrifying possibility he was never abandoned—only found too late.

Cedric Kael Alvereth - The Emperor’s Forgotten Sanctuary🥀

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