FLASHBACK
Luna Strout walks away from the Foster house with a heaviness in her chest that feels impossible to carry.
Pain has been part of her life for so long that she can barely remember what it feels like to live without it.
Through it all, she’s held onto one thing—Edward. Watching him grow up from a distance has been both her greatest comfort and her greatest punishment.
Then she met Layla today. She didn’t expect to love the girl the moment she saw her. She definitely didn’t expect it to hurt this much because everything she’s done today has been for Edward.
And at the same time, she just condemned him to the very future she spent years praying he would never have.
She slows to a stop and looks up.
The afternoon sun is warm against her skin and the sky is bright and peacefu
