Unseen Scars

The pain in my body was nothing compared to the ache in my heart. I had tried to find solace in the mansion, to draw strength from the familiar warmth of my children, but even their laughter couldn’t drown out the whispers of those haunting memories. Every sound, every shadow, seemed to drag me back to that dark, suffocating room where fear had taken root in my soul.

Darius had saved me. He’d brou