Maeve POV
I was alone again.
No Xaden. No Maggie. No home to protect me.
As I fell deeper and deeper away into unconsciousness, what remained of my lucidity trembled with remembrance. I could still feel the pain and fatigue from last time. How my legs, from hours and miles of running, stung and buckled with every step I would try to make… the all-consuming hopelessness I felt when I realized that I would never find peace, no matter what I did… the bitter and unforgiving cold surrounding my body, suffocating me with no remorse.
But I also remembered what lay at the end of all that suffering. I could still hear it echo in my mind… that sweet, mystical voice that spoke to something deep inside me.
That voice that felt like home after a long journey away.
Would I have to endure it all ag
