Samantha's P. O. V

One minute the sky was bright and beautiful… the next, I was walking barefoot under a heavy downpour.

Merchants hurried to close their stores and find shelter while the nobles were ushered into their houses by waiting servants... It was a fast-moving street, but somehow, I felt slow.

Wet clothes clung to my trembling body like a second skin. But I couldn't bring myself to stop because the storm inside me was louder than the one above me.

My pace slowed until I finally stopped. The road I was standing on was decorated with cobblestones of different shapes and colors that reflected light even if there...