Luna's life might have changed dramatically when her parents took her to Paris for her portrait photograph. Why did they take her? Maybe they were proud doting parents who wanted a keepsake of their dearest child. Or maybe they desperately hoped that Tournachon could capture her likeness with his camera, and they could prove to potential suitors that Luna was indeed beautiful - at least on the days when you could see her face at all.

Luna might have been abandoned in Paris when the first man of any worth showed an interest in her. He might have been entranced by the mystery of her, fascinated by the elusiveness of her, and awed by her stillness and silence. He might have been torn - whether to allow her beauty to be celebrated and admired by Paris society, or to isolate her and share her beauty with no one.

He might have loved her. He might have protected her. He might have done everything that might have made her happy. He might have gone mad trying.

And Luna might have been happy.


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