Rebirth of the Broken Luna A Second Chance at Luna's Heart novel Chapter 517

Chapter 517

“But I can blame myself for the choices I made once the control was broken,” I said. “For taking so long to prioritize Lumina and Ollie properly. For not immediately cutting ties with Sophia when the truth came out.”

“You were undoing years of magical conditioning, my mother pointed out. “That takes time. The fact that you managed it at all is impressive.”

“Can we get back to the part where a necromancer is coming to take Mom?” Lake asked, redirecting the conversation with five-year-old bluntness. “That seems more important than whose fault the old timeline was.”

He was right. Dwelling on guilt from a timeline that no longer existed wasn’t productive.

“What exactly can this Janice take?” Shawn asked. “You said she wants payment proportional to what Mom received. What does that mean?”

Time, knowledge, the power to change fates, Lumina recited. “So theoretically, she could take my memories of the other timeline. Could take years off my life. Could take my ability to influence events. We don’t know.”

“Could she take you away from us?” Ollie asked, his voice small. “Make you go somewhere we can’t follow?”

Possibly.” Lumina admitted. “I don’t know the full extent of her powers or what forms payment could take.”

Then we don’t let her near you,” Shawn said stubbornly. “We keep you surrounded by protection. Me with plasma abilities, Riley with tactical foresight.

Lake with emergency evacuation portals. She wants to take you, she has to go through all of us first.”

That’s actually not a terrible strategy.” Riley observed. “Layered defenses based on our various abilities. If Janice manifests physically, Shawn engages

with plasma radiation. If that fails, Lake portals Mom to a safe location. I coordinate response based on precognitive assessment of effective

countermeasures.”

ago.”

“You’re five,” I reminded him. “You shouldn’t be planning defensive operations against necromancers.”

“We’re five-year-olds who defended a school against an army yesterday, Riley countered. “Our age stopped being relevant to our capabilities a long time

He wasn’t wrong, as much as I hated admitting it.

“I want to help too,” Ollie said. “I don’t have special abilities like Riley and Lake, but I can-I can do something. Mom saved me. I should help save her

“You help by being safe, Lumina said gently. By staying alive and healthy so that whatever happens with Janice, I know you’re okay. That’s the most

important thing to me, Ollie Knowing you’re living the life I died to give you.”

“But that’s not fair, Ollie protested. “You shouldn’t have to-to sacrifice yourself or disappear or whatever. You should get to stay with us and he est

mom and-” his voice broke into tears

Lumina gathered him into her arms, holding him while he cried. Lake and Riley immediately joined the embrace, all three boys clustering around their mother like they could physically prevent anyone from taking her

Shawn stood uncertainly, clearly wanting to join but not sure if he was included in family moments like this I caught his eye and nodded toward the group. He moved forward slowly, adding his presence to the protective circle around Lumina

I watched my family huddle together, holding each other against an uncertain future, and felt something lierve and desperate rise in my chest.

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