NALEDI’S POV

The nightmares returned.

For hours and hours, my subconscious chose to torment me with the visuals of the life I had abandoned, the life I had escaped and somehow forgotten during my time here.

Throughout the night, I paid the price of my choices. The price of my cruelty to Caellum. But I didn’t regret it one bit. There was no use of me playing sweet when I was going to stab him in the back anyway.

We were better off this way. If only I could tell that to my bleeding heart. I woke up early, thankful to be rid of the shadows of the night, and...