Chapter 14

Everything happened like a dream. One moment, Elara was alone in a foreign town, hiding from the world that destroyed her. The next, she was standing in a warm living room, wrapped in her biological mother’s arms, tears soaking into her shoulder. “Lily… my Lily,” Mrs. Wilson sobbed. “You came back to us.” Elara—no, Lily—held her back, trembling. “I didn’t know. I never knew.” Mr. Wilson, usually quiet, brushed away a tear of his own. “You’re home. That’s all that...