Chapter 62

Im fine, just a bit under the weather, Astrid said with a grin plastered across her face as they returned

“Astrid, we’re back!” Elowen, lively as a bunny, hopped over to Astrid’s bedside. Her round face was lit up with a sweet smile.

“Elowen, you’re back. Let me take a look at you. Wow, you’re growing up to be quite the heartbreaker, Astrid said, her face filled with love as she gently caressed Elowen’s soft cheeks.

“Hi, Astrid,” Dorian chimed in, moving closer to greet Astrid.

“Astrid,” Atticus added.

“Hello, Astrid.” Sophia came forward to greet her too.

Astrid was grinning from ear to ear. Tve got loads of sweets. Let me fetch them for you.”

She got off the bed and pulled out a handful of beautifully wrapped candies from her cupboard, distributing them among the four children.

These candies were gifts from the villagers during festivals. She’d saved them for when the kids came around.

The kids were thrilled with the candies and started munching on them, their faces beaming with delight.

in their cute

face wrinkled with laughter “Ah,

four kids scampered off to play.

small figures disappear, Astrid’s laughter turned into tears. Her heart ached so much that it felt

daughter was about their age

were still alive, her child would be as old as them

must have been reborn somewhere else

her sobs and said. ‘It’s been many years now. What’s hard to

throat. She was a mother too, aware of the unbearable

could empathize with Astrid’s

regained her composure. “Let’s pack up and head to the graveyard. We shouldn’t let

Thalassa nodded.

buried in

there, they had to cross a narrow, dirt ridden country

the path ahead like little bunnies, with the adults trailing behind

hale and hearty, walked on her own.

at

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