Chapter 96
Thalia
Silence. Everything was silent after the last vision appeared on the altar. The light of the crystal dimmed again, as if it were also tired from the weight of the memories. The air was cold, but it wasn't the coldness of the weather—it was the coldness of the truth that was slowly sinking into me.
I was the product of a wounded love. I was the memory of a curse born from the heart of disappointment.
I looked at my mother—Nasa. She sat at the side of the altar, hugging herself as her eyes stared into emptiness. For the first time, I saw her not as a queen, or a strong mother, but as a woman who had lost herself for many years... and was now slowly rebuilding her shattered identity.
I approached her. Without a word. I silently held her hand, and with that touch, the w
