Kapitel 348: Daughter (4)

'Your mother never gave up. She never stopped fighting.' 

The thought twisted the knife in his chest, guilt and anger warring within him. It wasn't fair—not to Aeliana, not to himself—but it was there all the same. 

The room felt suffocating, the weight of their unspoken words pressing down like a vice. His mind churned, a maelstrom of conflicting emotions. He wanted to hold her, to tell her it wasn't her fault, that he would keep fighting for her. But he also wanted to shake her, to demand she take responsibility for her own life, to stop making him carry the burden alone. 

"Sigh…."