Chapter 221. Kara’s Last Diary Entries (1)

LEE

As I turned to the last three pages of Kara’s diary, her final entries, tears wouldn’t stop falling. These last three pages, written on both sides, had little space left, as if Kara had tried to fit all her thoughts into them. I also noticed that two days had passed since her previous entry.

Aside from my tears, the pain in my chest had become unbearable… and on top of that, my nose had started running from the cold.

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[Diary]

In truth, I knew not whither I was bound, nor where I might conceal myself. Indeed, I had carefully devised my escape from the palace with great precision, yet as to where I should go thereafter, or what course of action I might pursue, I had given it no thought.

All I sought was to distance myself from those I hold dear, lest they be ensnared in the wrath of my stalker—our stalker, Jackson’s and mine. I reasoned that if my stalker believed I had vanished, he might presume another had fulfilled his gri