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I just… never cared before. All I cared about was marrying a handsome man and becoming his Luna. I was weak before. But not now; now, I intended to take up my birthright and put that weak, simpering girl behind me.

“Oh, you know, just… worried about the family,” I replied, perhaps a little too quickly. “It’s been so long since I’ve been home.”

“Right,” Lily said slowly, not sounding entirely convinced. “Well, don’t worry too much. We’re managing.”

I was about to respond when a sound in the background caught my attention. It was faint, but unmistakable–the cry of a baby.

My eyes widened. “Lily… is that a baby?”

There was a sudden rustling on the other end of the line, and the crying became muffled as though she had slipped out of whatever room she was in. “What? No, no, that’s just… that’s the cat.”

“The cat?” I repeated, incredulous. “Lily, that sounded like a baby.”

“Well, it’s not,” Lily insisted, her voice strained. “Look, Hannah, I’ve got to go. We’ll see you in a couple of days, okay?”

phone, my mind racing. A baby? In Silvermoon? And

pulled out every suitcase I owned, filling them with clothes, books, and personal

to Nightcrest after this visit,

foyer, his eyebrows raised. “Planning on staying a while?” he asked, eyeing the growing pile of

not meeting his gaze. “Just want to be

his arms, leaning against the wall. “Prepared for what, exactly? It’s just a birthday party. “You never know,” I said vaguely,


still there, his expression a combination of

straightening up to face him. “Nothing’s going on. I

repeated, his voice flat.

I snapped. “Is

up his hands in surrender. “No problem.

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turned away, busying myself with reorganizing the luggage. “Well, don’t be. It’s none of

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