Chapter 31

Erin’s POV

This is like deja vu. I remember feeling like this before, trapped in a cold dark place.

“Mother! Please, don’t leave me here. I promise to be good. Just don't leave me here. I can not stand the dark. Mother, I am afraid of the dark!" I

I heard a familiar voice shouting pitifully in the dark. She cried until her voice became hoarse. The sound of her pain and fear breaks my heart. I could feel the little girl’s pain from her plaintive cries, and my heart constricted hearing her. It brought tears to my eyes.

Then the situation changed. The girl disappeared.

I could still feel the cold seeping through my skin, but this time, I knew this was real.

I remember swimming in the lake before a giant whirlpool sucked Alaric and me.

I almost wished Alaric and I did not swim in the lake. What people often say is true. Do not trust calm water. It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.

I felt a noose tightening my esophagus. I peeled it off with my hands only to