The Weakest

The sun was just rising over Exodus Isle, dragging its first light through the windows of one of Genesis Academy's wings.

Dante Godwin slept deeply, the sheets tangled around him.

He hadn't slept this soundly in... decades, maybe even centuries.

It wasn't so much the comfort of the mattress or the cool hum of the air conditioner—it was the simple fact of being alive.

An electronic alarm beeped, breaking the silence.

Dante's eyes fluttered open, his pupils adjusting to the blank ceiling.

He lay still for a moment, listening to Ginny's soft snores—his makeshift nurse—curled on her bed, one leg hanging off, red hair a mess, mouth slightly open.

— "She has zero problems in her life..." He muttered with mock disdain.

He rose with fluid ease, muscles tight but awake.

A clean white tee, black jeans. Nothing else—he had no intention to impress anyone this morning.