Chapter 106

*Rowan*

The hallways were too quiet, the kind of silence that pressed in on you, making it hard to breathe.

My footsteps echoed against the stone walls, heavy with the weight of everything I’d done wrong. I moved slowly, each step feeling like a mile, as I made my way toward Lyra’s room.

The guilt gnawed at me, sharp and relentless. I’d let my son down. I’d let her down. I had become everything