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Cade Valerius is the God of War. For thousands of years, he has believed there is nothing he cannot overcome. He has fought armies, monsters, kings, and gods. He has never been afraid of a battle because every battle has an enemy. Then he meets Y/N. Y/N is human, ordinary, and living with a terminal illness. Their meeting isn’t dramatic. There is no prophecy, divine intervention, or grand destiny. Cade simply encounters Y/N at the hospital while visiting his brother Vaelen, the God of Death. At first, Cade doesn’t know what to make of them. Y/N isn’t afraid of him. They don’t worship him or treat him like something untouchable. They simply see Cade as a person. As Cade begins spending more time with Y/N, curiosity becomes friendship. Friendship slowly becomes something deeper. For the first time in thousands of years, the God of War falls in love. And then he discovers the one enemy he cannot defeat. Y/N’s illness. Cade tries everything. Human medicine. Divine healing. Ancient remedies. The power of his siblings. Nothing works. There is no enemy to destroy. No army to command. No god to challenge. Only time. As Y/N’s condition worsens, Cade is forced to confront something he has spent eternity avoiding: sometimes love isn’t about winning. Sometimes it’s about staying.