The Darkside of the Moon
Now, she lay still, her final resting place marked by the obsidian casket behind Selena, draped in black.
The silence is oppressive as the crowd waits for Selena to speak. She feels the sting of eyes upon her—Chloe, Valentine, even Seraphina from the distant shadows, watching, waiting. But it is Demika’s gaze that burns the most. Demika, standing just a few feet away, unable to speak through her tears, her body wracked with sobs too deep for words. It is for Demika that Selena must do this—for her best friend, her sister in all but blood, who has lost the woman who raised her.
Selena swallows, her throat dry. When she finally speaks, her voice trembles at first, but soon it finds strength—an
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