Malik’s POV

My mother meant the world to me but I couldn't deny that being at her place had always felt heavy, however, tonight the heaviness was unbearable. Perhaps it was just the storm or maybe it was just the weight in my chest that had refused to life no matter how much I tried, every step felt like I was walking into a mud, I hated that it felt like my mother won, Blackthorn always took from me, it always left me dry and empty.

Throughout my journey here, all I thought of was Eve, ...