Betrothed to the devil himself
Sometimes, she’d stop mid-word, tilt her head, and whisper, “Did you hear that?”
Mira always said no. But she heard it too — a hum that made the air tremble.
That evening, while Lyra braided wildflowers into her hair, she asked suddenly, “Mama, do you believe souls can be born twice?”
Mira looked up sharply. “Why would you ask that?”
“I don’t know,” Lyra murmured. “But sometimes, when I dream, I feel like I’m missing half of me.”
That same night, Lucien could not sleep. The moonlight poured across his floor like spilled milk. He stared at it, his mind restless. Then he felt it again — a warmth, faint but familiar.
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