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Now, Forget

Author: Bunmi
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-09 13:41:44

Amber’s POV

I was dreaming again.

I know because Athena was standing beside me wearing my face, something I knew she could only do in my dreams. We were inside a packhouse—my father’s packhouse—that was how I knew she had brought me to another memory.

The smell of freshly baked food filtered into my nostrils. Following the smell, I came upon a giggling version of me. My mother swept me off my feet, spinning me around above her.“Higher, Mama!” Little me cried with joy as she twirled me around. “Higher! Higher!”

Her green eyes glistened with tears as she set little me on the wooden floor.

“That’s enough, firefly. You’ll wear me out before breakfast.”

“But I’m not tired!” little me announced, pouting small lips. I raised tiny hands in the air, waiting for her to take me in hers and twirl me again; instead, she tickled my armpits, eliciting another wave of uncontrollable laughter from me as I rolled on the ground.

I glanced at Athena with a huge smile on my face. The smile
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