Chapter 47: Road to Redemption

Zarion’s POV

I found myself submerged in a terrifying haze.

A realm where reality melded with the darkest corners of my mind. And in the depths of that distorted reality, I stood over a figure, my hands locked around her throat.

A face flashed within my consciousness, etching itself into the fabric of my thoughts—a face belonging to a girl…a girl I once loved.

Cassidy—her name’s Cassidy.

As my grip tightened, a surge of inexplicable guilt rippled in my chest, rendering me unable to carry out the malevolent act that my instincts beckoned me to commit. I staggered backward, my chest heaving as my body protested against the violence that had threatened to consume me.

It already consumed me.

No, no, no, I shouldn’t do this.

The girl in front of me is the woman I would kill the world for. Burn the world for.

The weight of the situation bore down upon my consciousness, a burden that demanded my immediate attention. I had come danger