Cerpen Rembulan Dimata Ibu Novels & Stories

I muttered, the memory of his hand on my neck making my skin crawl with phantom heat. "To a man who has spent a decade fighting a beast in his own brain, an anchor feels exactly like an addiction," she replied. I stared out at the ocean. The waves were brutal, smashing against the black basalt cliffs with a roar that echoed the violence I had left behind at Blackthorn. I thought of Lucian standing on the ramparts. I thought of the way his silver-gold eyes had looked at me—not with hate, not with love, but with a terrifying, absolute need.

I strode over to the window and glanced out at the bright Moon, whose light illuminated the room. I leaned on the window with a sigh. Most times, seeing the moon reminds me so much of the time I spent with my family during the full moon. Mother was fond of telling tales about the moon and the objects on it. Though her stories sounded fake, I still loved to listen to them all.

I flinched at those words, whipping my gaze to a pair of young teenagers, dancing hand in hand as they danced away. Like ice seeping into my skin, those words drained away the joy I was drowning in. I looked up at the sky where the moon lay. Its light crescent glow shining amidst the darkness. The sight made me huff, bitterness welling through me. The Moon Goddess. I remembered my father telling me all about Her. My mother would read bedtime stories, all centered on her and how her wonderful twisting of fate and her love had brought people together, reclaimed bonds and conquered evil. Bullshit.

Elian stared at it in silence. Back home, the moon never felt like this. It had always been something gentle. Something distant. Something beautiful. Here… It felt like a countdown. His fingers curled slightly. Mother would have finished preparing dinner by now… The thought came uninvited. Soft. Painful. He could almost see it—the small wooden table, the dim firelight, the familiar scent of herbs lingering in the air. His mother moving quietly between tasks, his sister talking too much, laughing too loudly…

I take in a calming breath as I close my eyes, listening to the sound of her soothing voice, feeling it calming me. The day passes slowly, feeling like it would never end. The next morning I feel myself being shaken awake, not remembering falling asleep. "Goodmorning princess," Father says as I slowly sit up, rubbing my eyes. "It's over?" I look at my hands, not feeling the effects of the blood moon anymore. "Yes, it's all over." Father wake mother, then BJ. "That wasn't so bad was it Mr badass." Father smirk at BJ, handing him a pair of shorts.