She paced back and forth in the study, her mind swirling with disbelief at what she had witnessed earlier.
"How can this be?"
This question echoed incessantly in her mind, trapping her in a mental loop as she struggled to make sense of it. It was an unprecedented experience for her, something she had never encountered in all her years.
Lost in her thoughts, she hadn't closed the door fully upon entering. Her daughter, Anna, peered in before stepping inside. Anna, too, left the door partially open as she stood hesitantly at the threshold.
"Mother, I've been looking for you. Where have you been?" Anna asked cheerfully, but received no response. Luna Grace appeared deeply absorbed in her thoughts, her right index finger pressed against her lips in contemplation.
"Mother!" Anna almost ye
