Chapter 151: Adelaide.

The first thing that gives away the magic surrounding me is the fact that Lyros melts away.

I can always feel the heat from his body when we rest together and more often than not, his presence is always a tangible feeling at the base of my neck.

It isn’t now.

I slip into the trance the way I would slip into new pants, with ease.

The beach appears once more.

The wind caresses my face.

She stands there, just at the shore, and she waits for me.

Diane, wife of Ashryn the great and once queen of the city of light, extends her hand to me and I take it.

When she leads me into the water, panic threatens to make me back out.

But this is a dream, right? Physical pain doesn’t exist in dreams.

The water chokes my lungs regardless

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Diane’s pov

“This is madness Ashryn!”

My husband turns away from me and something shatters in my heart. His features are twisted in rage and the face I adore refuses to look at me now.

It’s enough t