Chapter 63

Maren

The lake was too quiet.

I stood frozen on the damp shore, staring at the spot where my grandmother had been perched only seconds ago, her luminous eyes and soft, silvery voice still echoing in my head. The surface of the water rippled faintly, like it had swallowed her whole. No splash, no bubbles. Just… gone.

My hands shook at my sides.

“She said she’s been waiting for me,” I murmured to th