Chapter 184-4
[Part 4/4]
She was happy to have something to focus on and support her heart. Although the baby wasn't related to her by blood, he helped her daily and never caused trouble. This made her feel loved and relieved, bringing her heart some peace for the first time in a while.
If she didn't have her son, her feelings toward her daughter would be more complicated and twisted. Her daughter, showing the terrible curse of their blood, was a burden to care for.
She was the result of an unwanted pregnancy, but also the only family member Ine had left. Without her son, Ine might have given up on living. If the villagers found her daughter, she would try to escape, but she might have easily accepted her own death.
But that's just a what-if scenario. In reality, even though things were tough, Ine loved her daughter, and she loved her son too. If the three of them could stick together, they could overcome this painful life. They should have been able to.
Now, she had lost her source of strength.
"No, no..."
She sobbed, shaking as despair overwhelmed her. She couldn't understand what had happened just a little while ago. Strange memories, both hers and not hers, swirled in her mind, adding to her confusion.
She couldn't grasp what any of it meant. All she knew was that her son had been killed by her transformed daughter, and his body burned. Even her daughter had been taken from her. Ine lost everything in less than half a day.