CHAPTER 64
KUBALA'S POV
I walked through the thick forest, each step dragging with the weight of guilt and grief that refused to ease up. The moon was high in the sky, its silvery glow stretching across the uneven path that led back to the castle.
Everything felt like too much, pressing down on me from all sides.
The dreams had been coming more often, the same ones where Lia would walk away, only for me to blink and suddenly find her in my arms, lifeless and covered in blood. But lately, something had shifted. Over the past week, the dreams had taken a turn, becoming something else entirely.
Every time I shut my eyes, the same images would play in my head, looping like a memory I could never escape. I would be standing by my pool when Lia would suddenly appear, telling me she did
