Crystal
I paced my chambers, unable to shake the haunting image of Luna writhing in pain on that cold cell floor. Her desperate pleas for help echoed in my mind, making my stomach turn.
You left her there, Gem snarled inside me. A pregnant woman in labor, and you just walked away.
"She deserves it," I snapped back, but the words felt hollow even to my own ears. "After everything she's done..."
What exactly has she done?* Gem challenged. Tell me one thing she's actually done wrong, besides existing.
I stopped pacing, pressing my hands against my own swollen belly. "She... she took what should have been mine. Kane was supposed to be mine!"
Was he? Or was that just what the Elders wanted you to believe?
Before I could respond, a sharp knock interrupted my thoughts. Elder Miriam entered without waiti……
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