---- Chapter 414 The next page showed the girl cupping the bird in her hands, smiling and the boy stood in the shadows, his face hidden behind trees.

The sun was right behind her head, and it loo! surrounded her face.

The more he watched her, the bird, her giggles, somet ked like a halo of light her smile, her talking to ing inside him stirreda warmth, something he had never known.

And he realized, as he watched her wasn't the bird that needed care for the bird, that it saving.

It was him." He had become the evil.

The darkness.

And if there was something beautiful in the world he had always thought was wanted to protect her.

But he was scared...

cruel, it was her.

And he Scared of his darkness tainting and choking away her light.

Scared of his darkness engulfing her inside Until that day...

---- Tt was the day the bird took flight.

She had finally cured it.

Set it free in the sky.Fixed what he has broken.

He was going to turn around and leave when he heard her voice...

Its okay, she said, as though she were speaking directly to him.

You dont have to hide anymore.

Vinces breathing hitched, and Zariyan hesitated, unsure whether to continue.

What happened next? he asked, his voice hoarse.

She waited for him, Zariyan said, turning to the next page.

And slowly, he stepped into the light.

He told her he wasn't a prince, that he had nothing to offer, rather he was the one who had hurt the bird.

She didn't ran away as he expected, she only smiled at him and offered him her open hand.

Tt doesn't matter.

What matters is that you stayed, you watched over us.

Till it was ready to fly again.

---- Tt was the day the bird took flight.

She had finally cured it.

Set it free in the sky.Fixed what he has broken.

He was going to turn around and leave when he heard her voice...

Its okay, she said, as though she were speaking directly to him.

You dont have to hide anymore.

Vinces breathing hitched, and Zariyan hesitated, unsure whether to continue.

What happened next? he asked, his voice hoarse.

She waited for him, Zariyan said, turning to the next page.

And slowly, he stepped into the light.

He told her he wasn't a prince, that he had nothing to offer, rather he was the one who had hurt the bird.

She didn't ran away as he expected, she only smiled at him and offered him her open hand.

Tt doesn't matter.

What matters is that you stayed, you watched over us.

Till it was ready to fly again.

---- The Prince was shocked.

The girl...

she didnt judge him.

She didnt pity him.

She just saw him.noveldrama

She saw the light inside him, despite the darkness surrounding him.

And in that moment, he realized that the light he had always longed for wasn't something to be found, it was inside him.

"The prince fell in love with the girl that day.

He knew he wasnt worthy of her, but he also knew that she was the only thing in the world that could save him.

She was the light to his shadow.

And he wanted to cling to it till his last breath.

The next page showed the prince and the girl standing together, their hands intertwined, the forest blooming around them.

She made him believe in himself, Zariyan said, her voice trembling.

She became his light, his reason to hope.

And together, they built a lifenot a perfect one, but one filled with love.

They had childrenbeautiful, bright-eyed children who laughed and ran through the meadows.

And every night, as the sun set, the bird sang for them, a