Erick “Angela was my mother.” I never thought the world could shrink into a single breath, but in that moment, it did. Sophia’s words had landed like a blade pressed against my chest, one wrong move and everything would shatter. My Luna, the woman I had chosen as my partner. The one I had loved in my own silent, broken way was the daughter of my nanny. My nanny. Angela. Sophia’s eyes glistened with tears, her jaw tight with fury, with heartbreak. And I knew everything had changed. There was no hiding anymore. No silence. The truth had clawed its way free. And it had destroyed everything. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t even breathe right. Of all the cruel tricks the goddess could play, this was the most vicious. Out of the countless women in the world, why her? Why Soph

