Chapter 144

LUCIAN’S POV It's been a year since I've seen Elora. One full year since I stood in front of the only woman who ever loved me the way I was, and accused her of something she never deserved. A year since I held out a ring to my mate and convinced myself that choosing Maya over Elora was the right thing. A year since my daughter started asking about her mother every night before bed, tugging at my shirt and begging. “Daddy, please call her again.” At first, Nora didn't care. She was used to Elora not being around, coming in and out of the house to visit once in a while like she always does. But after a few weeks, the reality sank in for her the way it sank in for me….Elora wasn't coming back. And it became a constant haunting. “Daddy can you try again? Daddy, maybe her phone is broken? Daddy, you said mommy promised to come for my presentation in school.” How do I tell a child that her mother didn't leave her…she left me. Just me. Right? And how do I admit to myself and to Nora, that it