“Do you feel happy now that you got what you wanted?” I look at my parents who are eating and talking with Freya and Dom, my father’s arm around my mother’s waist. “I’m at peace because we have my father back,” I say. “But I’m happy because of her.” Hedeon follows my gaze away from my parents towards Nix, who’s crowded on the empty bed next to Leo’s with Anna and Sabrina on either side of her, smiling faintly for the first time in several days. Hedeon’s eyes linger on Anna’s face. I’m sure he’s thinking of features very like hers, only a little different in color . . . “I’m going back to
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