Viya's POV
A couple of days later, Madeline called to tell me that the moon pendant replica was ready to be picked up.
I made sure to visit her workshop before my shift at the clinic. Madeline was used to staying up late working on her pieces, so when I arrived, she was still awake. She placed two pendants in my palm.
"Guess which one is your original?" she asked with a playful smile.
Looking down, I realized she had expertly aged the replica. Even the chains of both pendants had the same subtle luster.
Yet I didn't hesitate, selecting the one in my right hand. "This one."
Madeline looked surprised. "How did you know?"
I smiled. "Intuition."
The detour to pick up the pendant made me run a bit later than usual. By the time I arrived at Natural Healing Clinic, I was
