First Bite
The thread will burn.
Autumn inhaled sharply. Something inside her chest cracked.
Tristan stood behind her. She hadn’t heard him enter, but she wasn’t surprised.
“It’s not just you, is it?” His voice was soft, wary.
She swallowed hard. “No,” she whispered. “It’s all of us.”
She closed the Book. It resisted for a moment, as if reluctant to end its warning, then sealed with a breathless hiss. Her pendant dimmed.
That night, the moon rose bloated and red—an omen bleeding across the sky.
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