Beneath the Moon
Her skin was dull, smudged with days of exhaustion and despair, and her scent—usually a warm, familiar blend of cedar and wildflowers—was tainted, unfamiliar, like an intrusion on her very soul.
Her mother gasped, her face turning a sickly shade of white. She closed the door quickly, locking it behind her. “Oh, my child,” she whispered, her hands trembling as she reached out and pulled Channary into her arms, cradling her, the way she had when Channary was small and scared of thunderstorms. “What happened to you?”
Channary pressed herself into her mother’s warmth, feeling a flicker of the safety she once knew, but even her mother’s arms felt hollow, offering a comfort that felt somehow stole
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