Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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This wasn't unfamiliar. I'd been here countless times with Jace over the years, sitting through gatherings at Cloudscape Monastery.

But I never imagined I'd one day be sitting here listening to him deliver a sermon-not as Jace Johnston, but as a spiritual guide of the Harmonist faith. Hayden helped me into a seat quietly, and Jace began to speak, reciting teachings from Harmonism. But I couldn't focus. Not a single word registered.

I just watched him, piecing together his recent strange behavior. It all made sense now- he'd been on this path for a long time. Even while dealing with the chaos around him, his heart had already detached from the world.

That's why, when his parents died, he didn't grieve or lash out. He just... accepted it. Jace had let go of everything, seeing life and death as part of some larger cycle.

When his sermon ended, he walked over to us.

Tears spilled down my cheeks before I could stop them. "Jace... how could you do this?" I thought I'd made peace with so much. But seeing him like this? I realized I hadn't. "This brings me peace," Jace said softly, his gaze steady, his eyes clear like still water. Happiness without burden."

"I

me. What could I say?

turning to him, "you came

"I want to know how you brought Thorsten and Cole under control. When

immediately. Instead, he said, "Follow

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the mountain, and the road was uneven. Hayden kept a firm grip on my hand, steadying me

us to a secluded building. The faint,

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I whispered,

everyone- including Thorsten and Cole. In that moment, it clicked: this was how Jace had subdued the

atonement," Jace explained

and handed it to me with both hands. "She spent 999 days preparing this. She wanted you to have it-as protection

head slightly in a gesture of

shut down. Gavin will handle what happens next under your direction. That includes the family estate and cars. Sell them, donate them-it's your choice." So

wedding gift. It's the first money I ever earned, and it's clean. Please don't refuse it. Think of it as