Epilogue
Beira
She’s grown up so much since last I saw her. She’s no longer the skinny little girl trying to show me her world. Now she’s a woman and I’ve brought her into my own. But is she ready for what I will ask of her?
Wyn is sitting on a chair by my bed, looking uncomfortable. She still doesn’t know what to think of me. I don’t blame her. I’ve treated her like a stranger for all her life. I wish she knew that it was all just an act. That I didn’t have a choice to give her away, to stay distant, to not show my true feelings. That I always had people watching her, making sure she was safe.
But she saved me, and that must mean that all is not lost between us. Maybe with time, we could become closer, like a real mother and daughter. But time is something that we don’t have.
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