***Luna's POV Cont***
The moment I heard my mother's voice call my name, my entire body froze.
For a second, I could not move, could not breathe, and could not convince myself that this was real.
Six years had passed since I had last stood in front of this house. Six years since I had seen my mother face to face.
Yet hearing her voice again felt as if no time had passed at all.
"Luna?" she called again.
The sound of my name on her lips broke something inside me.
Slowly, I turned around.
My mother stood in the doorway staring at me. Her eyes widened so much that they looked ready to overflow with disbelief.
She blinked several times as if she was afraid I might disappear if she looked away for even a second.
"Oh my God. Luna, Is it really you?" she cried.
Before I could ans
