Chapter 148

Kyra's POV "Mommy!" Snow ran to me as soon as she saw me. Tears were streaming down her face as she hugged me. I picked up Snow and felt her shaking against me. I looked at Phoebe, then back at Snow. "What's wrong?" I asked softly. "She saw Luke in the news," Phoebe explained."I didn't know that she was watching television. I was cooking her pancakes when I heard her crying." I sighed and held my daughter closer, feeling Sylvia stir protectively within me. "Shh! Hush now, sweetie." "Mommy, what h-happened to uncle L-Luke?" Snow's voice quivered as she spoke, her little fingers clutching my shirt. I bit my bottom lip and shook my head. "U-Uncle Luke is...gone, sweetheart." The words felt like stones in my throat. She cried harder, her tears soaking through my shirt. "Why?" I caressed her cheeks as I sat on the couch and settled her on my lap. "Shhh! Uncle Luke became an angel, sweetie." I tried to explain in a way her young mind could understand. She paused and looked at me with those i