Chapter 107

*Rowan*

The weight of the past two years had settled into my bones, a relentless heaviness that never left me. Even as I closed my eyes, exhaustion pulling me under, I knew rest would be fleeting. It always was. The darkness was familiar now—a place where my memories haunted me, where every failure replayed itself over and over.

But this time, the darkness shifted.

A light appeared, soft and silve