“It’s over, dear,” she reassured me.
Tears streamed down my face. “No…” I shook my head weakly. “I thought I was going to die.”
Lady Mireya’s expression softened with sympathy. “I know, dear.”
“I thought…” I swallowed hard, trying to hold back my sobs. “I thought I would never survive the river’s violent current. I really believed I would never wake up again.”
Another tear rolled silently down my cheek. I didn’t bother wiping it away.
How many times had I cried already?
I’d lost count. Maybe tears were all I had left. I had survived, but survival came with a price.
She smiled with compassion. “But you woke up.”
I lifted my gaze to her, still sobbing quietly. I hastily wiped the tears away with the back of my palm.
“It was a miracle,” she continued. “It means the Moon Goddess has
