Chapter 80

"Mom, how... how are you here? This can't be real," he stammered, his voice tinged with a mixture of hope and confusion. His mother's expression remained gentle yet pained. "You haven't been living the best life, the life I had wanted for you. All the killings. That's not who you are, Lucius," she softly reprimanded, her words wrapped in a veil of concern. Frustration mixed with his bewilderment. "I don't understand. What is this place? Why are you here?" Lucius pleaded, desperate for clarity in the midst of this surreal encounter. Her eyes, reminiscent of his own, held a world of emotions. "This place is a reflection, a space between reality and dreams," she explained, "You've strayed far from the path I wished for you." Lucius felt the weight of guilt settle upon his shoulders like a heavy cloak. "But I've done what I had to survive. Those that took you away did not deserve to live another moment on this earth." he defended himself, his voice trembling with the burden of his acti