Fractured
But tonight, the song faltered.
The melody—her melody—broke into a shriek, raw and jagged, as though the moon itself screamed through her blood.
It began with a tremor. Subtle at first, like the hush before a storm, a faint dissonance in the air that set the dew trembling on leaves. Selene knelt in her grove, tending to a cluster of moonpetals. Their blossoms were shy things, unfurling only beneath lunar light, their petals glowing pearlescent white. Her fingers brushed their cool edges, silver magic streaming gently from her skin to wake them. Normally the spell came as easily as breath, but tonight the light sputtered. The glow dimmed, stuttering as though the moon itself had faltered.
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