No one noticed when Kael took the detonator.

  Not until he was already walking away.

  Edric’s shout was raw. “Stop! You don’t have to—”

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  Kael turned. Smiled. Not the smile of a brave man. The smile of a man who’d finally found the answer to a question he’d asked his whole life.

  What am I good for?

  “Tell me,” he said. “Will anyone remember my name?”

  The silence was answer enough.

  He walked to the bridge. The enemy’s drums pounded like a heartbeat.

  And Kael—

  Kael "stood".