The False Luna Has My Wolf
“What if I don’t know how?”
“Then learn with empty hands.”
Cassia’s smallest finger uncurled.
The black knot under her palm flickered.
No one moved. No one helped. No one commanded.
Cassia breathed through the pain as another finger uncurled, then another. Each movement made the black knot flare, showing her old images: Luna silver, bowed servants, Darius beside her, Maera’s approving hand, Sera’s wolf shining at her side.
Cassia wept through all of them. But she did not close her hand.