Lilith pov

My heart clenched.

"No... no..." Claude's voice followed immediately after, panicked and trembling. "That's not possible. No. No!"

Fear, grief, and desperation poured from every word.

Slowly, I opened my eyes. I took a deep breath and carefully lowered my father's body onto the ground. The moment I stood, my body swayed. The wind brushed against me and I felt it.

My soul.

It was disappearing.

Erasing itself from existence.

I lowered my gaze. My fingers were becoming transparent. Golden particles drifted from my skin, dissolving into the air like scattered starlight. I stared at them for only a second before turning around and walking, step by step,...