Stone Circle stoneheart

Sanja did not know she was being watched until she heard that croaked voice, that struggled gasp, and when she looked she saw a spectre - her daughter! But not her one and only. The woman felt a hitch in her throat. Her eyes gleamed, and she smiled, but she was burdened by many feelings at once.
Bjarna, the woman said as she stood again, took her steps to close the distance. She pressed a kiss to the girl's face. I am sorry, that I... I did not mean to go away, not like that.
How could she explain? There was nothing she could say to make sense of it.