IF YOU CANT DEAL WITH YOUR PAST,YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE FUTURE

Previously

…As Elara read, the fragmented images from her nightmares began to coalesce, forming a clearer, more terrifying picture. The darkness, the sounds, the fear – they were not just figments of her imagination. They were real. And the locket, with its inscription and its faded photographs, was not just a reminder of Liam, but a tangible link to the events that had stolen him away. She realized, with a dawning horror, that her guilt was not just about the accident, but about something far more complex, something she had actively suppressed, a truth that lay buried beneath layers of denial and self-preservation. The guilt wasn't just about what she had done, but about what she had failed to do.