Chapter XXXVI:

I am alone.

I spent decades trying to keep it together. It’s a game to her. She won’t let me go. That doesn’t stop me from trying. I am still trying to fight to reclaim what’s left of my life. I don’t know why. I don’t have anything left. My family is dead. I have been through many marriages. I’ve had many children. They’re all dead now.

Back then, I was taken in. The owner of the tavern found me on the street. Here I go again. She’s trying to help me when she doesn’t know anything about me. But I can’t stay here too long. I will end up putting her in danger. That’s why my Elizabeth died.

But she’s not really dead.

I see her every night. She stands across the room to stare at me. She always has this cold look in her eyes. It’s almost like she blames me what happened to her. It’s not my fault. I blame Luna for her death. Even so, my first wife will never forgive me. She will keep haunting me. I don’t know how to make her go away. The church can’t help me anymore. I’m beyond that point. I can’t be saved. But I can’t die either.

She’s looking at me again. I don’t know what to do. Part of me doesn’t want to do it. I should just let her be. I deserve this after all.

But I can do something about Luna.

She’s the one who put me through this. I have a plan to kill her. When she dies, I will be free. I didn’t know this at the time.

At the time, I was lying in a bed above the town tavern. The owner already went to sleep. Before the sun rises, I will slip out and be on my way. Where will I go? I haven’t gotten that part figured out yet.

If you think my story ends here, you are wrong. In fact, my path down to the darkness is only beginning.