Chapter 166: SILENCING THE STORM

Xina felt disoriented when she opened her eyes, expecting the darkness of death to greet her. It took several moments for her mind to catch up with the reality of her situation, piecing together what had happened to her in that wheat field. The runes drawn around her, the strange light, and the tree… all of it felt unreal. She was certain she had died, yet here she was—alive, with her memories intact from what had seemed like another life entirely. Everything seemed blurry, but one thing stood out: the gut-wrenching pain of losing her child. Xina glanced down at her flat stomach, her heart heavy with loss. There was no baby now, just an aching emptiness that gnawed at her insides. She hadn’t even held him once. They had taken her baby away after she gave birth, before her world had collapsed. Questions swirled in her head. Would they come for her in this life as well? Did Canan, Edward, and the rest remember too? And Gary—where was he? Would he still try to find her as he had before?