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Chapter 41 - 'Another Memory Gone.'

"Sweetheart, listen to me..."

The voice was soft—so painfully soft. As though it were made of silk and sorrow. It echoed, muffled like it traveled through water, or maybe... through time.

Astrid knelt on the ground, her hands trembling, her breath hitching with each word. Tears rolled down her cheeks, catching the faint glint of moonlight in the distance. Her arms wrapped tightly around the small child in her embrace—protective, desperate, but resigned.

"I have to go. Okay? I have to find him. I have to find Daddy..." she whispered, voice barely holding itself together. She pressed a trembling kiss to the child's forehead, lingering, like she didn't want to let go.

'No... don't leave.' The child didn't speak, not in words. But the way their small hand reached out, fingers clutching the air, said enough. It was a silent plea. 'Please... stay. Please.'

Astrid's arms hesitated.

Then she turned.

And gave the child to another.

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