Chapter 138. The Cycle Is Over

Giovanna closed the second book and looked at Freya, who hadn't left her side throughout the reading. Now she could feel that Freya was a constant presence in her life, even when she was in the orphanage.

"Freya... Am I Giovanna reborn? Now I understand the white lock in the hair of that woman who looked like me in the portrait, but I can't fully identify with this Giovanna here, from this book. She's a cold, cruel killer. How could I have done such atrocities? She abandoned her son Caio and never had a single thought about him again!"

Freya snapped out of her thoughts and looked laughingly at Giovanna.

"She doesn't look like you, Giovanna. When will you accept that she is you? And maybe the decisions you made seem horrible to you now, but they were necessary. A lot has happened, a lot of violence. You were subjected to a lot of pain and... You had your reasons."

Giovanna nodded and put the book aside.

"I don