“YOU DO know this isn’t the end of the world,” Rita said as she offered me a glass of water.
The old woman gave me an incredulous look as if I was acting like the biggest drama queen on earth. But it was easy for her to say. She wasn’t the one carrying three children inside of her, knowing that their lives were doomed from the start. There was no good life with Rhys Ethelwulf. There was only sorrow and tragedy.
I didn’t need a genius to tell me that.
“Think of it as a gift, Marigold. In the midst of all this chaos, the Moon Goddess gifted you with not only one present but three. Alas, it was still rather shocking news. However, you can’t blame them for existing inside of you. It wasn’t their fault.”
“Yeah, it was mine,” I muttered under my breath. “I shouldn’t have driven Rhys to do th
