Chapter 66

I stare up at the moon in silence. Ler sat at my side. The willow’s branches swung gently in the night breeze. The clouds were forming. I could smell the salty scent of the sea from here. This is where I lost my life. The little exit that Will and I had left was now replaced with a boulder. The wide field leading up to the shore and Amoria town was now filled with trees, and this willow.

Everything has changed so much, yet I still feel my heart is heavy. I had only wanted one thing all my life: a home and people to care about. I have that with my father, yet somehow I can’t be at peace. Should I cut out my heart and drown it in the fountain waters to purify it from this heavy burden of love? If I could, I would.

Twice I’ve loved, and twice I’ve lost. They always pick another over me. I’m better off on my own. My kingdom needs me. I can take Nana Helen and some of the shifters with me and lea