All Chapters of Becoming the Queen Luna : Chapter 81

CHAPTER 80CHRISTINA"Can I have a moment alone with her?"Mera paused at the door and looked back at Esmeralda, then at me, she didn't ask why, shejust nodded and slipped out, pulling the door quietly behind her.The room settled into stillness.I found a chair near the wall and dragged it to the side of the bed, sat down, and looked ather.Without the bangles, without the easy laughter she'd carried so naturally, Esmeralda lookedsmaller and softer.Her hands were resting over the blanket and her breathing was slow and even, the kind ofdeep that isn't quite sleep and isn't quite anything else.I sat with the quiet for a moment, then I felt too alone in it, so I started talking."I know you probably can't hear me," I said softly.to right now, so.""But I don't really have anyone else to talkI folded my hands in my lap."Why did you want to know who my parents are?" I asked her.held my hand?""What did you feel when youShe didn't answer, the curtain near the window shifted fa