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blink and a life

the middle of the night with nothing bu

eepless nights, whispered prayers, and the s

ra Designs, a rising name in luxury handmad

ke "Mystery Designer Shakes Up the Fashion World." Th

uilt this life o

ian-my son, my joy, my miracle-is

knows who h

ally n

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ss through my lips. It stayed buried in my past, loc

l to

, lo

the display window of our new studio space in downtown

in his hand are shimmer

ree

lly, stepping closer.

ing the rose like it burne

. It's okay. Just remember-we

nly four, but sometimes he looks at m

Little things at first-glowing plants, dreams th

e. Not even my close

y son had abilities... that he

e curious reporter

uld b

ready to fa

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ssistant, rushes in holding her tablet like it's on fire.

from behind my sk

wood Industries. From Mollie And

n my hand sn

oesn't

ling through the email. "She's obsessed with our Lunar Eclipse collec

omach

getting

h

her picture-perfect smile and polished hair. She came from old

neve

noticing my silence

know wha

erything I ran from-everything I escaped-is

name in the same room as his. Being c

still stirs in my chest

n the image of the sig

on, Future Mr

rder than

breath. "Tell her

es widened

only under the name Kalyndra

out, already callin

and stare at the brok

am I

get away from the pain Zane caused when he loo

ong. Like I was nothing. And now I'm w

o

I have something to pr

y reason. M

from the ashes

t the girl who be

ht, aching for a touch that meant something,

rned his back, the second his cold gaze sa

high, not because I've forgotten-

that night like it hadn't meant a damn

de-like I was just another human fooli

oken anymore.

ing from that pai

A brand.

as never brave en

er saw coming... was our son. A boy with

e wild in his blood. A boy who's too specia

ide became the greatest part of me. He doesn't know tha

ees me again,

I won't flinch when his

ll over me. And he'll feel it

sh

st

hat never r

behind. I'm the woman he never deserved. And I'm

who has