The laughter stopped.Silence returned to the chapel.I couldn't breathe.My mother's voice had come from behind the altar."Mom?"Matteo immediately raised his weapon."Stay behind me."I barely heard him.I took a step forward."Mom?"A shadow moved behind the altar.Then a woman slowly stepped into the faint moonlight.My heart stopped.She looked older than I remembered.Her hair was messy, streaked with silver, and there was exhaustion written across her face.But her eyes...I knew those eyes."Mom."My voice broke.I ran toward her.She caught me in her arms.For the first time in years, I felt like I was finally where I was supposed to be.My mother held me tightly."I'm sorry."Tears filled my eyes."Why did you leave me?""I didn't."She pulled back and held my face between her hands."I never left you.""Then where were you?""I was trying to find you."I looked at Elena."She said you were taken."My mother's expression changed."Elena told you?""She told me you were take
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