Healing Luna Cora's Dementia

**Thalia**

Sunlight filtered through the heavy curtains, striking my face and dragging me from a fitful, restless sleep. I sat up in the center of the large bed. A deep, hollow ache throbbed directly behind my sternum. The physical distance from Rylan tore at the fresh mate bond, but the emotional chasm left behind by his secret felt like a jagged knife in my ribs. I glanced around the quiet roo