“So much of my life was spent with the love of my family—the love of a soulmate,” I whisper. “I never realized how good it felt to have the love of a friend.” It is a different balm to the loneliness I felt and feared. One I wish I’d had years sooner. “That is a lesson we both learned.” Aurora tilts her face to the sky. “As long as the moon shines, Faelyn, you will never be alone.”
