Sienna’s Pov Eleanor Sterling’s silk-gloved hands were still wrapped gently around mine, her touch light and impossibly motherly. Her eyes shone with such soft, unconditional warmth that for a brief, dangerous second, my throat tightened with a strange, forgotten feeling. It had been five long, brutal years since anyone had looked at me with that kind of unearned affection. "You look so tired, my sweet child," Eleanor whispered, her voice dropping into a tender, caring murmur. She reached out with her thumb, gently brushing a stray lock of hair away from my forehead. "You have carried such an agonizing burden all alone in the dark. But you don't have to carry it by yourself anymore." I swallowed hard, trying to take a small step back, but Eleanor’s hold on my hands remained firmly, lovingly affectionate. "Mrs. Sterling, I..." "Call me Mother, Sienna," she interrupted softly, offering a quiet, encouraging smile that reached all the way to her eyes. "You are Damon's legal wife
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