When illusions collapse, they don’t fall gently.They break like thin ice under the weight of truth—sudden, sharp, and impossible to ignore. In these last days of the year, the collapse is everywhere:in relationships held together by habit,in roles that never fit,in stories we told ourselves to feel safe. Most people rush to rebuild what broke.They tape together the mask.They paint over the cracks.They cling to the familiar even when it’s dead. But the Lone Wolf does not rebui