The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 132

Chapter 132

The waiter’s arrival cut off whatever Lilith was about to say. But when he was gone, and I asked what she was going to tell me, she just waved her hand and said she couldn’t remember. I took it as a sign that I had exhausted the conversation, and whatever else she had to say, she would do so in her own time.

After that, we spent the next half hour talking about lighter things-the shops we’d visited, plans for the upcoming week, anything to give us both a chance to recover from the heavy conversation.

I was halfway through my meal when our waiter approached with a cocktail on his tray.

“Excuse me, miss,” he said, setting the drink in front of me. “This is from the gentleman at the bar.”

I looked over and saw a man sitting alone, raising his own glass in my direction. He looked to be in his thirties, reasonably attractive, with dark hair and a friendly, close-lipped smile.

My first instinct was to refuse. I was married, after all, even if it was a sham of a marriage. And I didn’t make a habit of accepting drinks from strangers.

I thought about everything that had been happening lately. I was dying, potentially even faster than

life living like a nun, following all the rules, being the perfect Luna wife while my husband

experiences had I missed because I was so focused on being proper?

least once. It was a small thrill, a tiny rebellion, a moment of

months anyway. What was the

looked like some kind of fruity cocktail, pink and

and nodded, then returned

“are you sure that’s a

to run away with him or anything. I just… I want to know what it feels like. To be a normal woman for five

for a moment, but

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it interesting. I sipped it slowly while we finished

one point. “I need to use