Alex.
I have never been this happy in my life before. Not once, not even in the brightest moments of my past, had I felt this overwhelming sense of fulfillment settle in my chest the way it did now. I will definitely remember this birthday year of mine forever, I thought with certainty that almost made my pulse race in anticipation.
For it would mark the day Ella returns to my side, as my Luna and soon to be mother of my child. The thought alone sent a deep, steady warmth through me, one I could not suppress even if I tried. It felt like everything that had once been broken was finally aligning again, piece by piece, into something whole.
I will listen to her always and treat her like the queen she is. The words repeated in my mind like a vow I had carved into my very soul.
How could I not have realized that I really cannot live without Ella? The realization now felt painfully obvious, almost foolish that it had taken her absence for me to understand it so clearly.
