Luna lowers her gaze, because if she looks into Julian's eyes now, she may lose the courage to finish what she has started.Julian once said that after they married, he wanted a daughter who looked exactly like her. Once, Luna wanted that too. Her little girl had come into this world for only a moment before she was gone, and for years abroad, Luna has clung to the illusion that she can still become a mother again.But coming home shatters that fantasy.The past is not buried. It lives inside her, ugly and breathing, and she is terrified that if she has another child, she will spend every day loving the new one through the ghost of the daughter she lost.That would not be fair to anyone.So she has made her decision.She will never bring another life into this world."Are you truly happy, Luna?" Julian asks quietly.Happy?Luna lets the word settle inside her. She has avenged her daughter, avenged herself, and taken back everything that was stolen from her.By all logic, she should be
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