The Last Moonbane
The silence was heavier, as if the church itself was holding its breath.
“This is it,” Elias said. He laid a hand on the altar. His voice sounded steady, but I saw the way his fingers flexed, restless. “We wait here tonight.”
The moment the sun dipped, the change began. The windows shuddered as though struck by unseen hands. Shadows lengthened unnaturally, bleeding across the floor in jagged streaks. Outside, the first screech pierced the air.
The monsters had come.
Thalia moved to the doors, checking the seal. “No shimmer, like the inn,” she reported. Her voice was clipped. “If there’s a barrier, it’s different.”
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