Chapter 125

Arya

For an entire moment I thought that this is indeed Daphne and something has been done to her, but then I remember the strange story that Levi has about me when he was in the dungeon of the palace, when I held him captive.

The melting creature who looked like me, but isn’t me. The creepy thing that took my form and tried to trick him.

This creature is exactly like that.

Melting and taking the form of Daphne, down to the last detail of her in my dream.

My heart starts to pound fast inside my chest. I try to run, but the thing grabs my legs and looks up at me.

“Don’t go,” it says, still in Daphne’s voice. “Take me with you.”

If I didn’t know better, I would think that this is indeed her, that she’s just terribly hurt and burnt in this place, but I can feel that it’s not her. There’s some sort of dark energy emanating from it, and it’s making it hard to breathe. Right now I feel suffocated just standing close to it.

I know I should just run. That would be the smartest thing to do rig