Family Reunion!

His throat tightens painfully. "You… you didn't want to leave me?" His voice cracks at the end, raw and vulnerable.

Elira lets out a soft, broken sob and rushes forward, cupping his face with rembling hands. "Never," she breathes, her voice shaking. "Never, my love. You were our everything."

Ace swallows thickly as he stares into her tear-filled eyes, the warmth of her palms grounding him.

Ace sobs against Elira's chest, his body shaking with emotions too vast, too overwhelming to contain.

His mother.

His real mother.

The one he has unknowingly longed for in his loneliest nights.

And Marsel_ his father_ stands beside them, his strong arms wrapping around both of them as if he can shield them from all the pain of the past.

Tears soak into Elira's clothes, but she doesn't care.

She runs her fingers through his hair, whispering soothing words between her own quiet sobs. "My baby… my love… you are home."