CHAPTER 219 NIGHTMARE

Kael tossed and turned in the bed, unable to find sleep despite Esme’s presence next to him. His mind was restless, the weight of his lies and secrets pressing him down like a heavy blanket. He would close his eyes, hoping sleep would take him, but instead, he opened them back from images of sad rainbow eyes. When he finally slept, he fell into another unsettling and strange dream. The darkness in his mind shifted, giving way to a moonlit forest. Kael found himself standing at the edge of the woods, the shadows creeping toward him as if they had a mind of their own. His heart raced as he recognized the place—it was the border of the Nightshade clan. And there she was. Lilith appeared before him, her pale skin glowing under the moonlight. Her rainbow eyes were empty of the usual rainbow glow, and now they bored into his soul. She wasn’t angry, she wasn’t even smiling, she was just in the middle with an expression he couldn’t quite name. Instead, with those eyes, she looked at