The Ballad of Never After (Once Upon a Broken Heart)

Not wanting to miss out on any of the magic with which her mother always seemed to be surrounded, Evangeline would follow her to the study, then curl up in her lap and promptly fall back to sleep. She’d put Luc under a love spell to steal him from Evangeline. Evangeline held her breath as she approached, preparing to feel the magic of the mirth stone. Evangeline’s shoulders relaxed, her eyelids closed, her chest felt as if she could finally breathe without all the weight pressing on it.