ROMAN
My wife went pale instantly, her eyes wide with horror. I could almost hear the sound of her heart breaking. Suddenly, I wished I could rewind time to prevent her from hearing what she'd just heard.
"I...I'm cursed?" she croaked. I'd never seen her so broken. It looked like all of her fears had been confirmed right then. I reached for her hand and entwined her fingers with mine. Her body tensed instantly.
"What do you mean, Tabitha?" I asked carefully.
"It's a karmic curse. The moon goddess was upset with her because she did something...terrible in one of her past lives."
I froze.
"Past lives? That doesn't mean she's the same person from back then," I said, and my wife whimpered, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"You've lost your baby several times, haven't you?" Tabitha said to
