บททั้งหมดของ AFTER DIVORCE, I BECAME A LUNA: บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

"Josie, Tree is crying, not glowing, crying white sap because we asked for too much blood and too much mirror-light for forty nine girls and fifty more in caves Mountain left starving, and Caelum is eleven days old and already melted iron chains yesterday with mirror-light beams and healed fifteen girls in chains who were brought to burn," old healer shouted from Tree of Dawn roots at midnight, her hands covered in white sap that was not honey but Tree tears, "Tree gave Mom and Dad real bodies at seven days with whispers and gave cure vial from Gwen's old blood that council drained and buried under east wall, now Tree says need rest but fifty more girls in caves need cure now."I ran to Tree with Mom and Dad real bodies third night flesh after eighteen years as stars holding hands in higher ethers and seven days as lights inside my chest, and Caelum floating eleven days old and bigger every hour and talking like thirteen year old now.Mom knelt with real knees and touched Tree bark wh

Josie's POV"Cole hasn't eaten in two days, he says he doesn't deserve soup until you let him inside, and River Alpha is sick from walking to Mountain caves, and Mountain Alpha is crying because his daughters won't look at him even though we saved them from chains," Lira said at dawn, standing over the baby Tree that was now four feet tall and dropping cure leaves like rain, "and Caelum is thirteen days old and he is trying to fly to the capital by himself because Queen Astraea left and said crystal throne wants to meet baby dragon wolf."I found Caelum near north wall, thirteen days old, wings twice as big as yesterday, trying to lift off with a leaf in his mouth."Where you going, little monster?" I grabbed his tail."Capital, sister, big crystal wall, Mama shifted there at twelve and wall bowed, I want wall to bow for me too," he said, talking like a fifteen year old now, teeth sharp, honey on chin, "and Mama Luna crown needs crystal throne blessing, I bring leaf."Mom and Dad came

Josie's POV"You can't take baby Tree on cart, roots will die, Tree of Dawn will cry white sap again like when we asked for too much cure for hundred girls," old healer shouted at dawn, holding baby Tree that was six feet tall now, leaves dropping cure like rain, ninety nine silver girls crying around it, "and Caelum is fifteen days old and he says he can carry Tree flying to capital himself because he broke Malakor's mask with teeth at twelve days and melted chains at eleven days."Mom and Dad stood by east gate with real bodies, crown on table not head, real arms holding travel bags. Crystal guards left yesterday with leaf and said come tomorrow for judgment. Tomorrow is today."I said I carry Tree," Caelum floated, fifteen days old, wings bigger than mine now, talking like grown man but honey still on chin, "Mama went outside twice with real feet to feed messengers and hand leaf to guards, I can fly to capital with Tree in arms, wall bowed for Mama at twelve, wall will bow for me a

Josie's POVThe gate stayed open all night.No one closed it after dinner. Not Dad, not Malakor, not old healer who always said close the gate or cold wind gets in baby Tree roots. We all just... left it.In the morning, wind had blown soup leaves straight out onto the dust road. Baby Tree was eight feet tall now and looked restless, if a tree can look restless. Its new leaves were bigger, darker silver, and they hummed louder.Caelum was seventeen days old and he was the first one up. He floated out through the open gate before any of us could stop him, did a lap of the empty huts where the warriors with torches used to camp, and came back shouting."Road is empty! No torches! No spears! No boxes buried!""Get back inside before you catch cold, you are seventeen days old, you still think soup bowls are beds," I shouted, grabbing his tail.He landed on baby Tree's top branch, which bent under him because even though he was a pup he was already heavier than a full grown wolf."Mama, si

Josie's POVWe were halfway back from far caves when baby Tree stopped humming.It wasn't something you heard. It was something you didn't hear anymore. For ten days that tree hummed warm in the back of your teeth, even three days walk away. Then, at noon on the road, the hum cut.Caelum felt it first. He was twenty days old and carrying two girls at once - one under each wing, showing off - and he dropped two inches mid-air."Tree quiet," he said, landing hard.Mom stopped walking. Her real feet in dust went still. She put her hand to her chest where seven days ago she had been light inside me."Xavier," she said.Dad already had his eyes closed, listening the way old wolves listen. He had real ears now, but he still listened like a star."Old Tree behind fortress," he whispered. "Not baby Tree. Old Tree."Jessa, who had been left in far caves, grabbed my arm. The hundred girls behind us - thin, walking themselves for the first time - all stopped at once and put hands to their ears.