ASHES OF THE LUNA QUEEN
The grass beneath her feet didn’t crush, it wilted, burned faintly at the edges, like it was aging too fast.
“I remember what you wrote,” Ashen said. “You made me out of stars and soot. You made me to carry endings.”
Liora’s throat tightened. “You were supposed to find people who were forgotten. You were supposed to help them.”
Ashen’s eyes turned completely black. “But I was never allowed to live. You locked me in a story without a final page.”
The words hung between them, Behind Liora, the forest whispered, Not wind, Voices, Low, Curious, Awakened. She turned slowly and saw them, Figures emerging from the shadows of trees, Dozens of them. Some half-formed, Others far too real.
Bab Populer