Scarred Under Moonlight
“Let us have even a moment of peace. Protect my children… protect them from harm.”
The triplets, oblivious to their mother’s unease, tumbled and played on the courtyard grass, their laughter light, fragile, like birdsong threading through the marble halls. Aria’s heart tried to latch onto that joy, yet it felt impossibly thin.
Lyanna, the youngest of the three, darted across the yard, her little hands reaching for the fluttering wings of butterflies that danced in the morning breeze. Her laughter rang like a delicate bell, filling Aria with a fleeting warmth, a reminder of innocence yet untouched by the darkness lurking beyond their walls.
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