After I Amazed the World the Cold Alpha Regretted

Chapter 69

The melody was soft, tender, and full of emotion, each note carefully chosen and placed.

The room seemed to come alive with the sound, the music wrapping itself around us like a warm embrace.

he skepticism on the Shadow's face gradually melted away, replaced by something closer

to awe.

His eyes widened as the piece unfolded, the notes weaving a tapestry of beauty and grace.

The melody climbed higher, each note a step closer to the heavens, and I could feel the music resonating within me, stirring memories I had long kept buried. Shadow stood frozen, his breath caught in his throat as the song reached its peak, the piano

singing with a voice all its own.

The final notes lingered in the air for a moment before slowly fading into silence, leaving the room filled with a profound stillness.

He was completely frozen, his mouth slightly agape, as if he couldn't believe what he had just heard.

"How do you know this tune?" he finally managed, his voice tinged with surprise.

"How did you do that? It's amazing."

I smiled softly, a hint of nostalgia in my eyes.

"I wrote this song," I said simply.

Shadow looked at me incredulously, his expression one of disbelief.

"You wrote this?" he asked, his voice shaky.

"I heard it years ago. But... how could you have written it?"

I nodded, my smile fading as I thought back to that time.

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hear this song?" I asked

a moment, his brow furrowed

ago, at a college." He replied succinctly, seemingly reluctant to reveal

graduation day, and I wrote the song in the piano room after the graduation ceremony. I didn't think anyone would remember it." Shadow was clearly taken

remained silent for a long

understand you," He said softly,

gave up on everything worthwhile in

me

was right

had given up on so much, choosing

sacrificed my dreams for love-or so

sat there with the piano keys still warm beneath my fingers, I realized that it wasn't

create, still bring my

feeling a

started creating again," I said,

Shadow now, looked

eyes.

he declared, a

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too. A talent like yours shouldn't

to mind the message I had received from the

had mentioned considering my

yet, but maybe it was time to think

pulled out the

Shadow's eyes

papers from me, marveling

across the page.

he

can do

I paused, thinking.

came to mind-a playground

yet it stirred a deep longing

the playground," I