Chapter 137: Dreams

Lyra sat alone in her room, tears streaming down her face as she recalled everything that Zin told her—the story of Derrick's past. A revelation that she never expected to get but something that really broke her. She had always known that her husband had a troubled past; after talking about it for quite some time, she was able to guess how tough it had been for him, but hearing it in such detail was almost too much to bear.

When Zin explained how Derrick had been a mortal man, deeply in love with Elira, the woman he first cared about, his first wife, her heart ached. At first, she thought that it was jealousy. Maybe because the man she loves the most was actually in love with a different woman, the way Zin told the story about them made her believe that his feelings for her exceed the borders of hell. But instead of jealousy, she felt more empathetic. She felt bad for what Derrick went through and for what their end was. She felt bad because of what happened to his past life. And a sl