Final

What do you do when the ticking of the clock becomes replaced by your own heartbeat? When numbness takes over every other feeling in your body leaving nothing but tar seeping into your bones, will the ringing ever stop too? Will the flashes ever cease?

Zeref hasn't been sleeping well. He's not sure if he's even sleeping at all. Tempester was out of his life now because of his mistakes, and regret was devouring him from the inside out. He wasn't sure how long he could last.