Maxine Pov

Recovering from the storm of pain swirling around me felt like trying to swim against a current dragging me under. Liam's treatment was brutal, leaving me feeling like a shipwreck stranded on a desolate shore. Every ounce of hope I clung to vanished, leaving me adrift in a sea of despair and confusion.

In the depths of my suffering, I cursed the very world that had brought me into existence. The Moon goddess, in her infinite cruelty, seemed to delight in my agony, though I had ...