The Stray Moon
Her eyes open, wider than any human’s should be, the yellow gone now, replaced by something darker—almost brown, almost familiar.
The air is dead silent. Even the wind has stopped, as if the woods are embarrassed by what’s just happened.
She sags under me, every muscle quivering, breath coming in sobs. The others look away, pretending to care about the darkness beyond the circle, but they’re all staring with the corners of their eyes. Wren Cade, the bar girl, the stray, lies naked and shivering in the snow, and nobody knows what the fuck comes next.
I let my hand slip from her neck. Her skin is burning hot. It steams in the cold, an animal glow that smells of sweat, blood, and something swee
Sikat na Kabanata