The world had never been kind to Aaron Vale.
Born with a broken body, he had known pain and suffering as his closest companions. His legs—useless, his spine twisted by fate's cruelty. While others ran, climbed, and lived, he was forced to sit in the shadows, a prisoner in his own flesh.
He had spent his years enduring the pitying stares, the murmured apologies, the suffocating kindness of those who could never understand.
And when his parents were gone—swallowed by a world that did not wait for the weak—he was left alone, forgotten by the very society that claimed to care for him.
But Aaron had never wanted pity.
He had wanted freedom.
He had wanted power.
And on the night he died, the universe finally answered him.
The Final Night on Earth
The rain was cold. The alley was darker than usual.
Aaron sat slumped against the damp brick wall, staring at the broken wheelchair beside him. He could barely feel his legs anymore—not that it mattered. He had stopped feeling a long time ago.
It had been a mistake to trust them.
The two men stood over him, their faces barely visible beneath the flickering streetlamp.
"Didn't have to be this way," one of them muttered, wiping a bloodied knife against his sleeve. "Should've just handed it over."
Aaron chuckled, a weak, bitter sound. His fingers trembled as he clutched his side, where the knife had gone in. His vision blurred. The world was fading.
All for a few stolen coins.
How pathetic.
The men turned and walked away, their laughter echoing through the empty streets.
Aaron exhaled sharply, his body growing colder.
Is this it? Is this all I was meant to be?
His rage burned hotter than the pain in his chest. He had always known the world was unfair. He had always known power belonged to those who could take it.
But why had he been born like this? Why had fate denied him the strength to fight back?
He clenched his fists, fury and resentment surging through him.
If there's another chance…
If there's anything out there
If only life could be fair but it had never been the case for Aaron