Moon Of The Crusted Snow Novels & Stories

If they need back their crates, they shall have them, but not my head. I started to run, dodging drooling teeth sharp enough to snap me in half. The woods will be an hour from the house. With wolves on my tail and their great sense of smell, it will not be an easy way out even if I have the upper hand of knowing the routes and way. If the gods blessed me tonight, there will be no guards scouting the forest. I prayed hard despite my broken faith. The Moon loves his subjects, and I'm still one of them. Surely, she had not relinquished me just yet.

I looked on in rage as a bunch of black wolves attacked Alzaraq, bitting at his arms and pinning him down. "No!" If they win, it's over for us. It was so fast. A speeding wolf grabbed Snow by the throat, bitting at her neck and I watched as her blood spurted out from her throat. "NICHA!!!" I bellowed, picking up my swords and driving them into the Wolf's side.. Bloody, Snow fell to the ground. Slowly reverting back to her human form. I picked her and cracked away, running as fast as I could until I got to the slope that led down to her little village.

Selene’s voice was barely a whisper, a thread of sound in the vast, still air. The crater was a perfect circle of fused quartz, glowing with a faint, residual heat. In the very center, where the pillar of nothingness had stood, there was no body. There was no blood. There was only a single, vertical sprout of a tree, its bark as white as bone and its leaves a shimmering, translucent silver. And nestled in the crook of its first two branches was a small, scorched wooden wolf. The Audit of Peace Months turned into seasons. The "Great War of the Crescent Moon" became a story told to children to keep them from fearing the dark, rather than a living nightmare.

It is the legendary crystal that was recorded in the ancient scrolls of their own ancestors as a crystal that was formed naturally from the essence of the moon, and it could only be found in a place with the highest concentration of moonlight that is also closest to the vicinity of the moon itself. Crown Prince Rogeus’s hand shook as the wine on the cup he is holding spilled slightly on the carpeted floor. He did not expect that he will really encounter one of the needed treasures in the ancient record here in the competition of the Moon view temple. The surging waves in his heart could not calm down as he remembered the words that depicted the miracle of the moon crystal. The Moon crystal i

The glass was translucent and so she couldn't see what was on the other side of it but just upon reaching it something happened. The translucent glass turned transparent and seeing what was on the other side, Molly's heart dropped as she took a quick step back. It was a view that was so out of the world it took her breath away, and not in the good way. It was a view of a dark sky with ten moons arranged in a smooth arch from one end of the night sky to the other; large moons that had craters on them and glowed with different colours. Dark grey, white, red and yellow, purple and white, light blue, rose and purple, orange and yellow, light green, golden brown and light grey; offering a view th

Then the clouds came. The second the sun was hiding behind the clouds, the loudest shriek Liam had ever heard in his life erupted from behind him. He turned, but he was too slow. A figure in a black cloak had grabbed him and lifted him a solid foot from the ground. It’s hands were cold, clammy, and strong. Liam struggled to breathe, crying out in pain. He could feel his neck being crushed under the weight of this...creature’s...strength, and he kicked and struggled as hard as he could. Liam could hear the sounds of the townsfolk fleeing, knocking over chairs and each other to get away from the cloaked figure. Liam took a second to look into it’s eyes, determined to see who was attacking him.

Elias instinctively reached up, touching the tarnished silver band resting on his brow. "It wasn't mined, Architect," Elias said, his voice dropping to a whisper. "It was recovered. From the impact crater." "What crater?" I demanded. "The one at the roof of the world," Cord answered, stepping forward, his massive chest heaving. "The highest peak in the northern frozen wastes. The wolves call it the Goddess's Tear. It is a massive, frozen crater where a fragment of the moon struck the earth ten thousand years ago." I felt the familiar, terrifying thrill of a new impossible equation locking into place.

Crux didn’t look at me, but his expression shifted into a small, almost thoughtful expression. “There is a creature spoken of in old records,” he said. “A wolf with a unique trait. One that carries moon fire.” My heart tightened inside my chest. He continued walking, hands clasped behind his back in his usual composed manner. “A moon wolf,” Crux said. “Its tail carries a blue flame. Not ordinary heat. A fire that can heal or destroy. Either hot or cold. Stronger even than a dragon’s inner fire.” I kept my gaze forward, forcing my breathing to stay steady.

But as he emerged from the sanctum, the Sun-Stone—a pulsing, amber-colored crystal—secured in a lead-lined case, he found a new enemy waiting. The Moon Goddess’s final wrath had manifested. A supernatural blizzard, fueled by the cooling of the world’s core, had descended upon the Solaris Peaks. It wasn't snow; it was shards of frozen moonlight, each flake carrying a minute charge of "Lunar Rejection." It was a storm designed specifically to isolate and destroy the Star-Born and their allies. "The transport is grounded!" Nyx’s voice crackled through the spirit-link, distorted by the static of the storm. "Silas, the temperature is dropping into the negatives. We can't reach you!"

Under the radiant glow of the full moon, Silver Moon Pack members gathered in the heart of their territory, eagerly anticipating the arrival of the Moon Goddess. Alpha Jake, Luna Mara, and the rest of the werewolves stood in a circle, their eyes fixed on the heavens. As the minutes passed, a palpable sense of reverence filled the air.