The Stand-In Luna
She tilted her head, as though sensing the importance of the moment, then smiled and clapped her hands as well, unbothered by what she didn't yet know but could already understand.
Zane joined me soon after, folding his arms across his broad chest. His expression was unreadable as he watched our friends.
“A new addition to the Tribe,” he said at last. “Perhaps it marks a new beginning for us.”
I slipped my hand into his, feeling its roughness against my softness. “Yes.”
We stood together, watching the laughter, the tears, and the promise of a future carried within Clara’s belly.
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Later that evening, as stars pierced the sky, I knelt by Luna’s bed. She was already half-asleep, her eyelids fl
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