Elara’s POV
I wasn't paying attention to her anymore. I was hurt by the fact she wanted to keep hiding. She didn't want me to find out she was my mother.
The roar of the waterfall was deafening, yet my mind was louder.
I stood at the edge, staring into the churning waters, my emotions tangled into a knot so tight I wasn’t sure I’d ever unravel them.
I was angry.
But at what?
At my mother for not telling me? At Luca for keeping the truth hidden as well? At the universe for making my life one endless series of secrets and half-truths?
I had spent years hoping to see her someday. I even thought that she was gone, or just a distant, unreachable shadow in my memories. Now, here she was, real and alive, yet she had chosen not to say a word.
I was breathing deeply as the cold mist from th
