Chapter 72

I jolted upright in my strange bed, my heart pounding, helpless against the panic that was seeping into the depths of my being due to my strange surroundings.

Once more, my mother was menacing my dreams with her foul odor clogging my lungs and her malevolent aura encroaching on my spirit. I moved against the soft mattress, the paranoia clinging to my skin as I pulled the silk covers closer, the taste of death all around me. And while I lay in bed with nothing but a wall dividing me from my partner and gazed around the opulence of the room, I couldn't help but feel as though...