Chapter 71. Goodbye

"I don't know what to do, Cybele. I would give my life for this not to happen to our daughter."

Cybele nodded in agreement.

"Will she be taken away today?"

"No. In two days."

"We won't be able to see her again, right?"

"I... Bruma made me believe that she would be a normal child and that I would be able to follow her growth, but since that's not going to be the case, I'd rather not see what happens to her."

"Will it be like she's dead?"

"I don't know. I don't think I'll be able to... Not a day goes by in my life that I don't think about her."

Cybele smiled, reached up and touched Gael's face.

"Don't worry. We don't have any choices. Bruma has planned everything in great detail. But I understand your pain, because I feel the same way. We have six children and they are all like members of our bodies