Chapter 62

Im fine, just a bit under the weather, Astrid said with a grin plastered across her face as they returned

“Astrid, we’re back!” Elowen, lively as a bunny, hopped over to Astrid’s bedside. Her round face was lit up with a sweet smile.

“Elowen, you’re back. Let me take a look at you. Wow, you’re growing up to be quite the heartbreaker, Astrid said, her face filled with love as she gently caressed Elowen’s soft cheeks.

“Hi, Astrid,” Dorian chimed in, moving closer to greet Astrid.

“Astrid,” Atticus added.

“Hello, Astrid.” Sophia came forward to greet her too.

Astrid was grinning from ear to ear. Tve got loads of sweets. Let me fetch them for you.”

She got off the bed and pulled out a handful of beautifully wrapped candies from her cupboard, distributing them among the four children.

These candies were gifts from the villagers during festivals. She’d saved them for when the kids came around.

thrilled with the candies and started munching on them, their faces

they chorused in

face wrinkled with laughter “Ah, don’t

the four kids scampered off to

disappear, Astrid’s laughter turned into tears.

about their age when she

she were still alive, her child would be as

Thalassa quickly handed her a tissue. “Astrid, it’s all in the past. I believe Celia must have been reborn somewhere else by now, living a happy life in some other corner

said. ‘It’s been many years now. What’s hard to accept is for us, the

in her throat. She was a mother too, aware of the

empathize with Astrid’s anguish

and regained her composure. “Let’s pack up and head to the graveyard. We shouldn’t let

Thalassa nodded.

was buried in Hollowbrook’s

had to cross

frolicked along the path ahead like

hale and hearty, walked on her

they arrived at

neatly but were simple earthen graves with rudimentary stone

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