45.

I stood before my mother-in-law, Luna, her piercing gaze trying to persuade me to return home with her. But how could I? After what Sage is to me.

It's not even an option. I don't want to go back to my past.

I want to move on completely and away from Sage or his family, but Luna is making it too hard for me.

"Lyra, dear, come home with me," she said, her voice laced with a gentle urgency. "We can work through this together, and I am not even asking you to return to him; we can settle for a divorce."

My heart dropped at the mention of that. I don't exactly know how I felt after those words had left her mouth, but it sure didn't sound good to me.

I hesitated, my heart still heavy with the wounds of Sage's betrayal. "I'm not sure, Aunt," I replied, my voice barely above a whisper. "I don't want my heart broken again," I say biting on my lower lip.

My eyes were already beginning to sting at the mention of Sage. He was my past, and I wanted things to remain as they were now.

My life with