Ezra Kaelus was a selfish man.
So selfish, in fact, that he often chose not to remember the names of people he didn't deem worth remembering, in exchange of saving that mental space to maintain clarity when using his stigmata.
So selfish that it never once occurred to him that his grandmother might die before he did. Because Ezra Kaelus had never planned on living a long life. If it meant achieving his revenge, he was willing to trade his life in a heartbeat.
So selfish that he didn't care whether his death would leave his grandmother grieving, because he never thought he'd be around long enough to witness her mourning.
But what he didn't expect… was to outlive her.
He never imagined he'd be the one holding her hand as she took her final breath.
Because the truth was, Ezra never wanted to see the death of the only person he had left.
That's why he had always intended to die first.
