TEN YEARS LATER.
Camilla’s POV.
Fire.
That was all I could see around me. The forest was ablaze with the trees screaming for help.
I was knelt in a white circle, empty and heartbroken.
My arms felt heavy- too heavy.
I looked down and there he was- a lifeless, pale child in my arms. My trembling arms were wrapped tightly around the child, as though that was where he had always belonged.
I could see myself shaking the child’s body, trying to jerk him back to life, but there was no response. It was as if he had bid the world farewell and promised not to look back ever again. My sobs were raw and soundless.
Around me, wolves assembled- neither attacking nor protecting. Just watching how despair had overtaken me.
I let out an agonizing scream with the child still in my
