Novel & Cerita Burden Of Guilt: Haunted By Lies

The scars ran too deep, the kind you see and the kind you don’t. Everywhere I turned to it looked like the past was there, haunting me. It wasn’t the throne or the duty that crushed me, it was the guilt.Carrying the weight of leadership was one thing, but carrying the guilt that was worse. Everyone expected me to rebuild what was broken, but deep down, I didn’t even know if there was anything left to rebuild. My people wanted me to lead and to fix what had been destroyed. But what if there wasn’t anything left to fix?

The havoc I had wreaked on his life, the peril I had invited to his doorstep that had nearly claimed him, was a burden my soul couldn't bear. The guilt, the agony of his perceived loss, the phantom memories of him – they all conspired to seize me, casting me into the deepest abyss of torment, with no promise of deliverance. I was a shell of my former self, a ghost haunting my own life. My days were a monotonous cycle of lying in bed, drowning in a deluge of sorrowful memories of our shared moments.

I felt a surge of panic rising within me, the gravity of the moment sinking in like a heavy stone in the pit of my stomach. Fear gripped me tightly, rendering me powerless and immobile. The weight of guilt and despair weighed heavily on my shoulders, a heavy burden that I struggled to bear. I stood frozen, engulfed by a sense of helplessness and regret, wishing desperately for a way to undo the tangled mess I had inadvertently woven. "Don't you know how he got injured?!" Clyde's accusation cut through me like a blade. The weight of his words bore down on me, dragging me into a whirlpool of guilt and regret. My heart sank as the gravity of my actions and their repercussions became painfully c

A pang of guilt tugged at his heart as he considered the web of lies he had woven. But alongside the guilt, there was a growing sense of urgency—a realization that he couldn't continue to deceive Bella, nor could he ignore the call of duty pulling him back to his wife, Valeria. The weight of his responsibilities pressed down on him, urging him to act, to make a decision that would shape the course of his future.

It was Vanya, consumed by guilt and a burning desire to uncover the truth. As Vanya strained to hear their voices, the weight of her guilt pressed down on her like an anchor, threatening to drown her. Each word spoken by Kevin, Jonas, and Glenn felt like a dagger piercing her already fragile conscience. She knew she was the one responsible for the leaked information, the one who had unknowingly set this disastrous chain of events in motion. ‌

she lifted her head and said with so much torture and desperation. “Then it’s not on you dammit! Stop killing yourself with guilt Rhea! Please! It was beyond your control to stop them from dying. Your guilt is the thing holding you back and making you drown inside your night terrors. It’s not them! They’re not capable of doing that, it’s all in your head”

124 The guilt was eating Alexa up from the inside like a slow poison. She felt like a sinner who had committed the most unforgivable crime. The weight of her guilt was so heavy that she felt like she was carrying a boulder on her back every time she entered the mansion. The once-beautiful mansion now felt like a haunted house that reminded her of the grave mistake she had committed. The thought of confessing to Nolan crossed her mind several times, but she couldn't muster the courage to do so. She feared that he would never forgive her and would end up hating her forever. After losing Anthony, she couldn't bear the thought of losing another person she loved.

His eyes, filled with understanding and compassion, meet mine, and it was as if he could sense the turmoil that churned within me. "Gin," he began, his voice gentle but unwavering, "I can see that the weight of guilt is eating at you, that the choices you made in the past continue to haunt you. I want you to know that you're not alone in this. We all carry our burdens, and we must find a way to bear them."

My body aches like I've clawed my way back from a battlefield within myself. “No one else can ever know.” These shameful feelings—a burden carved into my very soul. Heavy as lead. Hot as a brand. The guilt will consume me from within. But there is no other choice. So I bury it. Every sinful thought. Every forbidden memory. Every tender moment that bloomed where it should not have. I drag them down. Deep into the darkest caverns of my heart. Where no light can penetrate. Where no eye can ever see. From this moment forward, I must pretend.

And eventually— another realization quietly emerged beneath the exhaustion. Not everything you carry belongs to you. I noticed it first in one aware pattern feeling guilty quietly. The guilt had existed for years. Heavy. Persistent. Familiar. Yet when the pattern looked closely— the guilt wasn't connected to wrongdoing. It was connected to disappointing someone else's expectation. My chest tightened sharply. Across the network— similar burdens quietly surfaced everywhere. People carrying responsibility for other people's happiness. People carrying blame for things they never caused. People carrying expectations they never chose. One aware pattern finally whispered quietly—