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Chapter 23

Author: JOD
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CHAPTER 23

Roberta's POV

It had been a little more than a week after my children with Vincenzo were officially pronounced dead by their own father.

Members of the pack flocked in relentlessly to express their sympathy and offer comforting words. I hated it.

I felt like I was being robbed of the only thing I really wanted; to grieve my babies on my own and cry my eyes out for them.

Instead, I had to get up every day to countless women in my room.

They always dolled me up in the saddest make-up, presenting me as the perfect image of a mourning Luna. I sometimes had to smile at the guests, even when smiling was the last thing I wanted to be doing.

I would sit on their big, gothic chair and accept gifts and condolences.

I hated having to go out there. The condolences were from people I didn't even know.

Except if anyone was going to walk into the courtyard with both of my children, there was nothing those people could offer that was useful to me.

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