Unexpected Family

Luna Freya’s POV

I stared at the glowing screen of the phone resting in Zaire's palm. The voices echoing from the small device pierced straight through the walls I had spent years building.

Parents. The word alone was a rusted blade twisting in my chest. I hadn't felt this raw, choking ache since I was thirteen. Losing my mother and father had torn my world apart in a single night. That sudden,