Chapter 266

In the pitch-black silence of the night, memories of the torment from my past life often resurface.

Only fleeting indulgence seems to momentarily ease the hollow ache within me.

Even though Kieran has shown me immense kindness, the horrors of those violent days still linger in my mind after more than a month.

Maya feels like a splinter lodged in my soul, buried where I can't reach it.

Despite the