Tears started to fall as Luna continued, "I didn't manage to protect this child. I'm so useless. I'm so useless...
"I can't even protect a baby... Our child is gone now, Joshua... The only thing holding me and you together i s gone..."
Luna was sobbing so hard it was difficult to watch.
Tears welled in Joshua's eyes as he wrapped his arms around her. "That's okay; we already have Nigel, Neil, and Nellie. This child...
"Maybe she knows that we're not together for now, and she's worried her birth will bring you more trouble, so she chose to leave on her own.
"Luna, wake up and think rationally. You and I are both still young, and we can have other children together."
Tears streamed down Luna's face as she held the tiny corpse close to her. "No, we can't possibly have more children together...
"Joshua, you're a Lynch, and I'm a Landry. There's no future for us anymore... 1
"This child..." Luna was choking so hard she could barely speak. "This child was the last thing that kept me and you connected, but she's gone now... She's gone now..."
Luna bit her lip and sobbed, "It's all my fault... I shouldn't have sworn on her life; I shouldn't have...
"It was all my fault. I cursed our baby..."
Joshua's entire body stiffened when he heard this. He asked in a low voice, "What do you mean, swear on her life? What curse?"
Luna shook her head and continued crying but did not answer.
No matter how much Joshua tried to ask her, she refused to answer.
"What she meant was that in the past, Charles had forced her to swear on her child's life, saying that if she met with you, she wouldn't be able to give birth to the child safe and sound."
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