He made his first promise to the world at twelve.

  “I will never harm anyone,” he said. “I don’t want to fight. I just want to live like everyone else.”

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  Some believed him. Others did not.

  The kingdom’s leaders watched him carefully. Warriors tested him in secret. The church whispered of prophecy, of a being too powerful to exist. But Kael endured it all, smiling when he could, holding back when he had to.

  He refused to give them a reason to fear him.

  But fear needed no reason. It only needed time.