Chapter 123

CLAUDIA. I thought that if I died and the last thing I saw was Achilles’s face, I would be happy. But now, as I sink into the depths of unconsciousness, I find myself not happy at all. In fact, I find myself angry at the injustice of it all. How come I feel like I’m dying? How come it has to happen the moment I get reunited with Achilles? How come it has to happen when I survived with our baby, ensuring that we would have a whole and happy family? And how come it has to be now, when I still owe him a piece of information that just might ruin everything. I try to struggle against its pull, doing my best not to drown in it, but it’s too late. I lose all sensation in my body in one go. In a single breath everything just disappears. I find myself spiraling into nothingness until everything is… gone. However, after what seems like forever, I come back. Or at least my consciousness did. The only problem is, it’s in the form of a dream. In my dream, I find myself in the bedroom that I j