Impending Judgment

Cassia Rowe.

I played with the kids in the garden, their laughter a fleeting balm to my nerves. Callum and Tessa’s joy was a sweet distraction from the pressure of the situation. Their happiness felt like a temporary pause from the anxiety gnawing at me—a brief moment of normalcy before the inevitable meeting with the elders. I still remember what Nadia said to me at the hospital, and her words ke