April Moon Batman Beyond Novels & Stories

No animal dared to enter his domain, including the grizzlies that occupied the area ever since he battled the one that previously claimed the cave as home. The moon was full and shined brightly in the black sky. Kaynon lifted his head to stare into its light, feeling its mighty pull and relishing in its power. Closing his eyes, he took a deep inhale of the crisp air signifying the imminent return of autumn, and the anniversary of his pack's death. Their screams still haunted him and kept him up most nights. Another day of redemption tomorrow. He thought to himself before drifting off into a dreamless slumber. *******************************

“They’re testing you, Seraphina. Not me.” “I know.” His hand brushed mine for half a second. A signal. Not comfort. Coordination. “We’ll stay an hour longer,” he said. “Then we vanish.” “And after that?” “We follow the ones who try to follow us.” As the candles flickered lower and masked voices began to slur with late-night arrogance, I stared down at the black auction circle one last time. It had begun. And somewhere among the dancers and dealers and wolves in silk, someone had tried to remind me that Moonbane could still bleed.

beyond the moon. The Lunar Cult’s hidden rebellion hadn't been extinguished, it had merely gone underground. ‘Mother,’ Lucian’s voice whispered in my mind, his tiny hand reaching out to grab the air, ‘the water is rising, the Moon-Priests are calling the Kraken of the Abyss.’ I looked toward the Great Sea that bordered the Zenith City, the horizon was no longer purple, it was turning a bruised, oily black, the Lunar Cult, realizing they could no longer control the land, were reaching for the depths.

When I twisted back, she reappeared in Batman at his most dark and unrelenting. “Don’t you like to play at superheroes? Why won’t you use your powers to rid this city of its filth?” Then she giggled, and boy, if I thought that I’d heard creepy things in this house before, it had nothing on Batman giggling. “You’re more of a masked vigilante,” Moon called down as he swung in the chains. “A playboy with issues…?” King suggested. Jeremy winked. “I’d have gone with deluded detective, but look at the muscles on him…”

I pull my phone from my purse with numb fingers, needing something familiar, something practical to focus on. The black screen stares back at me. “Great,” I huff shakily. “Of course it’s dead.” I tilt my head back toward the sky, exhausted. If this night gets any worse, I might actually lose my mind. By the time I finally stop pacing, the city has gone quieter around me. Fewer cars. Less noise spilling from downtown. Probably close to three in the morning. The girls are definitely worried sick by now. I wipe under my eyes aggressively before taking a long breath and forcing myself to move.

He looked up towards the light of the moon, and guessed that the death soldiers must have arrived at the Blue Moon arena’s gate. The Blue Moon arena is only inaccessible due to the respect that the werewolves have to the Moon view temple and the moon goddess, because even though the gate of the arena is closed, they can still climb its walls to infiltrate it. The death soldiers are currently climbing the walls of the Blue Moon arena, and it took them half an hour to enter the silent arena before rushing to the thousand step stairs without any hesitation.

--- The Journey Beyond the Veil Together—Lunara, Nareth, and the Heart—they crossed beyond the veil of stars. Beyond time. Beyond breath. Into the place where existence trembled between thought and void. There, floating in endless red light, hung the Blood Moon. It was immense—larger than galaxies, older than eternity. Its surface shimmered with rivers of molten memory. Every pulse it gave off echoed through the bones of creation. > thrum… thrum… thrum… The Heart dimmed beside Lunara, its rhythm faltering to match the older one.

Until our souls are taken back to the moon. The End. THE BETA AND I - Cassandra M / JUNE-OCT 2023