Prologue
"I love you."
The words he breathed over and over to Padme during their stolen moments on Coruscant.
The words he heard his wife confess to him before they entered the Petranaki arena.
The words he wished he could say to his unborn child.
The words that he stopped hearing after embracing the dark side.
Years had passed since Vader last heard the words I love you yet the memories tied to the phrase never left him. He relived them every day and used them as fuel for his anger.
Anakin you're breaking my heart. You're going down a path I cannot follow. Stop, come back. I love you.
He could hear his wife Padme again as if she was right in front of him. These were the last words she said before he killed her. Not a day passed in which he regretted his actions.
You were my brother Anakin! I loved you!
The last thing his best friend, Obi Wan had said to him. The anger raging within him doubled as he recollected. If he loved him so much, why did he leave him to burn on the lava banks of Mustafar?
Love meant nothing anymore. He couldn't hear it from his angel Padme and he never wanted to hear it from Obi Wan, the man who once was a brother to him. He had the dark side to keep him happy and he had an empire to keep him in power. What more could he want than this?
Padme a voice in his mind said you want Padme. You'd give up all of this for even five more minutes with Padme.
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