All Chapters of BEYOND THE MOON: Chapter 71 - Chapter 75

The lull in battle gave us barely enough time to regroup before Mira appeared, running toward us with desperate urgency and something clutched against her chest."I found it!" She gasped, skidding to a halt in front of where Kael and I stood coordinating defenses. "The sealed book my parents died trying to protect. It was hidden in the old archives – I've been searching for months and it was there the whole time!"She thrust the ancient tome into my hands, and I felt power pulse through the leather binding the moment my fingers made contact. The book itself was responding to me, recognizing my bloodline, my newly integrated abilities."What is it?" Kael asked, his protective instincts immediately activated by the magical signature radiating from the artifact."It's the Codex Lunaris," Mira explained breathlessly, her historian's excitement barely contained despite our dire circumstances. "The original text documenting the splitting of supernatural society into Lumina and Umbra f

The ritual's completion sent shockwaves across the battlefield that made even the Shadowed Knights pause in their assault. Where six distinct beings had stood moments before, there were now six transformed individuals who embodied both Lumina and Umbra natures simultaneously.But the most dramatic transformation was in the spirits.My grandmother Celestine and the two ancient Luminas who'd existed as ethereal forms suddenly became solid, corporeal again. The merging of their Lumina essence with Umbra power had given them physical form after centuries of existing between worlds."I can feel the earth beneath my feet," Celestine breathed, staring at her now-solid hands with wonder and tears streaming down her face. "After so many years..."Mordecai and his Umbra companions were equally transformed. Where they'd been creatures of shadow and darkness, they now radiated both light and shadow, their obsidian eyes now flecked with silver."The division is healed," one of them said with

Three days after the battle, when most of the wounded had been healed and the immediate crisis had passed, the moon goddess Selene herself appeared.I'd been in the forest with Kael, stealing a rare moment of peace away from the political chaos that had erupted following the ritual. We were simply walking together, his hand warm in mine, both of us savoring the quiet intimacy after days of constant demands on our attention.Then the moonlight itself seemed to coalesce into form.She was breathtaking and terrifying in equal measure – a figure of pure radiance that hurt to look at directly, yet impossible to look away from. Her presence made my newly awakened wolf prostrate itself in instinctive submission, recognizing divine authority beyond anything mortal."Aria Vale," Selene's voice carried the sound of tides and celestial movements. "The Moon's Child. At last, we meet face to face."Kael immediately moved between me and the goddess, his protective instincts overriding even his