After severing all ties with the Green family, Kael sold off the few remaining unregistered assets still held under his own name.
To any ordinary person, the sum he received was still an astronomical fortune.
With that money, he did only two things.
The first was to buy a burial plot for Lira. It lay in a quiet cemetery on the outskirts of the city, facing due east, where one could watch the most breathtaking sunrises and sunsets every single day.
He chose not to place a photograph on the headstone. He could not bear to look upon her face. Instead, he carved just five words into the stone: Here rests my beloved Lira.
Once she was laid to rest, he donated every last penny and asset he still possessed. He established a leukemia relief fund bearing her name, calling it Evening Star. He
