Lookalike

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CHAPTER 164

~Zara's POV~

The darkness was suffocating, a thick shroud that seemed to seep into my very being. I drifted aimlessly, my mind a mess of fragmented memories and emotions. 

Then, the dream came again.

This time, it was sharper, more vivid.

I stood in the forest again, the dense canopy of trees towering above me. The cold air bit into my skin, carrying with it a strange metallic tang that made my stomach churn. 

My lifeless body lay before me, twisted unnaturally on the ground.

The scene shifted, and I saw two figures—a man and a woman—standing over my body. Their voices were muffled, their faces obscured by shadows.

Then I saw it: a sign nailed to a tree nearby. The words, barely legible through the mist, sent a jolt of recognition through me.

Crestfall Woods.