Chapter 168. Emptiness

Lilith POV

Emptiness. That was all I felt. No sorrow at the fact that my mother was gone. No closure that I had been able to see her before she died. No relief that she was finally at peace with my father once again.

I just felt nothing. Not even the ache in my chest. Just… emptiness. It had been two days since my mother died. Two days since we buried her. Two days since I last shed those tears. And during those two days, I hadn’t left my room. I hadn’t done anything. I hadn’t spoken to anyone. I hadn’t eaten.

I had locked myself inside, curled up on my bed, and simply stared at nothing, lost in my thoughts. I thought about everything I had been through. My father’s death.

Then my mother’s suicide attempt, and all the desperate things I had done to try and save her, only for her to die in the end anyway. But most of all… I thought about what I was going to do now.

Why I was still living.

Until two days ago, I had been using my mother as an