Chapter 16 - AURORAMia gave birth to a daughter.
She named her Aurora.
Victoria held the baby for the first time beneath a sunrise that turned the Pacific gold.
“She has your eyes,” Victoria whispered.
Mia smiled.
“She has your stubbornness.”
Victoria laughed.
“I'll take that.”
Aurora opened her tiny eyes.
For the first time in decades, Victoria felt no need to control the future.
She simply wanted to witness it.
Claire stood nearby.
Daniel took photographs.
Mia laughed.
The family had survived.
Not perfectly.
Not without scars.
But together.
Victoria looked at the ocean.
For years, she had believed victory meant destroying Eleanor.
Now she understood.
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Victory was this.
A child born into a family that no longer feared itself.
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Chapter 17 - THE FIRST ANNIVERSARYOne year later, the Sanctuary held its first anniversary celebration.
Chapter 18 - THE LETTER FROM PRISONMonths later, Victoria received a letter.
Chapter 19 - THE LEGACYThey gathered that night in the old study.
Chapter 20 - DAWNThe following morning, Victoria stood alone on the terrace.
