Chapter 56

||Raven||

It was the next day, after I found out my mother had been alive all these years. Everything felt so unreal. I felt like I was trapped inside my head and I couldn't decrypt my emotions.

Although I was glad to know I wasn't a murderer as the River Moon Clan labelled me to be, I couldn't grasp the reality, that the woman that was supposedly dead was breathing the same air as me.

Nothing will be the same for us. Not after fourteen years of separation.

During breakfast, I stole glances at her, attempting to satisfy my mind. She also tried to start a conversation with me and I tried my best to be enthusiastic like her. But my brain was holding a grudge against her.

For years, I believed my mother was dead, her soul resting in the kingdom of Serena, the moon goddess for all eternity.

And I allowed myself to be beaten and abused because I thought the guilt and regret growing inside my heart would be less bothersome.

I lost my identity and voice in the process. I lost my freedom. No