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When I was finished telling Viona my story–everything from my pregnancy to my death to my rebirth, all of it from beginning to end–the room was utterly silent. Down below, the sounds of the bustling city rose into the air, but I hardly heard any of it. Only the sound of my blood rushing through my ears filled that

space.

Viona said nothing for a long time, her mouth working uselessly. Her face had gone pale, her eyes blown wide like she had just seen a ghost.

I’m sure I looked much the same as her.

And th

then, suddenly, she…. started laughing. “Hannah, this is ridiculous,” she crowed, smacking me on the arm and rising from the couch to walk to her kitchen. “Did Amber put you up to this?”

I furrowed my brow and followed her, watching incredulously as she began casually preparing two cups

of tea. “Viona, I’m serious,” I said.

She chuckled again. “Yeah. Sure.”

I

around the counter island and gripped her shoulders to force her to look at me–so she could see my

Viona blinked at me,

“Hannah…”

stepping back, “but it’s true. All of that stuff that happened at the acceptance ceremony with Zoe? Yeah, in my past life, I didn’t handle it well and faced a lot of public scrutiny. That was why I took it so well this time; because I knew it was

need help. I’m

lied to

that was even possible. Her mouth waggled as she tried to come up with a retort, but clearly there

window. “Okay, okay… So let’s just say, for the sake of the argument, that this really

Noah? He doesn’t know

he

baby?”

of it. “I might tell him about the baby when the divorce is finalized. But

mouth hanging agape. “Hanrah, you can’t keep his child from him,” she breathed. “The

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anyone or anything that I want from Nightcrest back to

continued to stare

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