Another tear left his eyes. And then something happened. He didn’t understand how. He didn’t understand why. But suddenly, the little girl’s eyes came to him beside the pillar in the shadows, found him. She tilted her chubby little head in wonder. And then she smiled. A completely toothless, completely adorable smile that just knocked him in the stomach. Tristan felt his own lips move. He felt himself smile for the first time in days since Luna had gone missing. The baby flapped her chubby arms wildly, wiggling on the table, her giggling cackles loud in the room.
