I freeze.“Uncle? Who is Uncle?” I ask Sophie.“Handsome uncle who bought me tasty foods, chocolates, ice cream, and candies.”I smile sadly, watching her list the items with her small fingers. She's talking about Cassian.My heart gives a painful thud against my ribs.Did something really happen to him?“He is fine now, okay?” I lie, trying to comfort her… and, yeah, myself.She nods, trusting me. I place a soft kiss on her forehead. “I love you.”“I love you too, Mommy,” she says, and finally closes her eyes.I stay there in the dim light, humming a tune that always puts her to sleep.A melody I shouldn't enjoy humming. Knowing the kind of memories it brings.It's the one Cassian played on my eighteenth birthday. The same song he played on the day we first made love on my twenty-first birthday.“Selene,” I whisper to the moon goddess I no longer worship. “Why? Why can't I get him out of my head? Is he okay? It can't just be a coincidence that both Sophie and I feel something.”I loo
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