Chapter 48

Elvira

The cold night air bit into my skin as I stumbled through the forest, barely aware of my surroundings. My thin robe clung to my damp body, and the chill wasn’t just from the temperature, it was from inside me, from the raw ache pounding at my chest. Each breath I took came out in puffs of fog, but I couldn’t bring myself to care.

This was the right thing. The only way.

Celina’s words still echoed in my ears like a curse I couldn’t shake off. That truth hit ...