All Chapters of Blood of The Shattered Moon: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

They say I was born screaming under a double eclipse, when both moons bled across the sky and the Core Sea turned black as a wound. My mother never spoke of that night, but I've seen the fear in her eyes every time the moons align—like she's watching a prophecy unfold that she's powerless to stop.I am Sevia of Eclipsehaven, and I have been haunted all my life.Not by ghosts or spirits, though the villagers whisper that I might as well be one myself. No, my haunting is far more intimate than that. It comes in the form of dreams so vivid they taste real, dreams that bleed silver into my waking hours and leave me gasping for air when I wake. Dreams of him.The stranger with eyes like molten moonlight.He has no name in my dreams—or if he does, he's never given it to me. He simply is, as inevitable as the tide, as constant as the luminous glow that bathes Eclipsehaven even in the deepest hours of night. I've seen him every night for as long as I can remember, standing at the edge of my c

The world beyond Eclipsehaven is nothing like I imagined.I've spent my entire life in a place where silver light touches everything, where the glow of the Core Sea and the luminescence of moonwood trees make true darkness impossible. But out here, beyond the borders of Lyriah's coastal settlements, the night is real. Deep. Vast. Punctuated only by stars that seem impossibly distant and cold.It terrifies me. And it exhilarates me in equal measure.I've been walking for two days now, following the coastal road that winds south along the fractured shoreline. The Core Sea is my constant companion to the east, its blue-white glow a reminder of everything I've left behind. To the west, the silver forests of Lyriah stretch endlessly, their trees still luminous but growing darker the further I travel from Eclipsehaven.I'm heading toward the Crossroads of Aetherwyn—a trading hub where the borders of Lyriah, Meristhal, and Varelle meet. It's the only place I know of where someone like me mig