Mia’s POV
“Mom…”
The word barely escaped my lips.
The translucent woman suspended above the bridge smiled, and for a single heartbeat, the chaos around us disappeared.
She looked exactly as I remembered.
Or at least… how I thought I remembered.
Long silver hair danced in an invisible breeze.
Gentle gray eyes, so much like mine, were filled with warmth—and sorrow.
She wasn’t truly there.
I could feel it.
Her image shimmered like moonlight reflected on water.
A memory.
A spell.
A final message left behind years ago.
“My precious little wolf,” she said softly.
“If this memory has awakened… then fate has caught up with you.”
Tears blurred my vision.
“I don’t understand.”
“I know.”
Her smile trembled.
“I wished with all my heart that you would never have to.”
Around us, tim
