Moonbound Hearts
And then Jade pushed.
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The Breaking
It wasn’t pain first. It was memory.
Baylee’s vision went white, then blurred, then filled with flickers she knew weren’t hers:
— A girl kneeling in a pool of Moonwater, silver light dripping from her shoulders like rain.
— That same girl lifting her face to the sky, eyes hopeful, waiting for the first Mark.
— A voice in the air that felt like the Moon itself saying, No. Not you.
— Wolves whispering, She was denied… she was denied…something’s wrong with her