Prologue

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He walks along a broken stepping stone pathway. Oak trees towering over on either side, creaking as the wind makes their branches wave. Sounds of a bunny scampering nearby, a wolf howling to his pack, and the footsteps of a person sound along the pathway. He comes across a grave and kneels in front of it, his eyes scanning over the faded writing. 

"I'm sorry, my love. I regret everything. I never meant to hurt you. . .please come back. . ." His voice trails off as tears fill his golden eyes. He places a rose on the grave and notices a black feather next to the tombstone. He picks it up and runs a gentle finger over it, still soft as he remembers.

He stands, placing the feather in a pocket, and turns around to be greeted by six other guys standing in a row, tears also in their eyes, and they smile at him. He scans over each of them, observing each of them.

Yusuke, a white-haired boy with snakes slithering by his feet as tears streaming down his face. Lukas, a black-haired boy, has a rare small smile on his face and is holding a blonde-haired baby boy. Alexander, a brown-haired boy, is holding twins, a girl and a boy. The girl with blonde hair and beautiful purple eyes. The boy has brown hair with sky blue eyes. Asher, a werewolf with wings and once a human experiment, stands there, tears rolling down his face for the first time in a long time as his long hair blows with the wind. Carter, a blonde-haired model, stands with his hands in his pockets, smiling a little as tears roll down his face for the second time ever. 

His eyes land on the sixth boy, a tall, lean guy with black hair and glistening blue eyes. Felix was once the gang leader but left after having his daughter, who is in his arms with black hair and blue eyes, playing with a magic orb in her hands. Felix walks to the white-haired boy with fox ears and hugs him as a little girl with blue hair looking similar to the white-haired fox boy with similar fox ears and tail and eyes. She holds a baby girl who is also a fox with blue eyes and black hair, some features similar to that of the white-haired fox boy.

"He doesn't hate you, Tatsuo. He loved you. Loved us," Felix says.

"Thanks, Felix," Tatsuo says as he smiles. He turns back to the grave and waves a little as he turns back to the group and follows them back down the pathway.


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