#Chapter 40: Riddles and Omens

Maeve POV I was alone again. No Xaden. No Maggie. No home to protect me. As I fell deeper and deeper away into unconsciousness, what remained of my lucidity trembled with remembrance. I could still feel the pain and fatigue from last time. How my legs, from hours and miles of running, stung and buckled with every step I would try to make… the all-consuming hopelessness I felt when I realized that I would never find peace, no matter what I did… the bitter and unforgiving cold surrounding my body, suffocating me with no remorse. But I also remembered what lay at the end of all that suffering. I could still hear it echo in my mind… that sweet, mystical voice that spoke to something deep inside me. That voice that felt like home after a long journey away. Would I have to endure it all again to find it? Was that the price to pay to hear even a snippet of that voice one more time? I shut my eyes, revoking whatever control I had and ready to accept the fate that awaited me. Whatever n