The Rise of a Forsaken Luna
“The altar is already doing its thing, draining life out of the sacrifice. Her suffering will be cut short because the full Eclipse won’t last up to two minutes—"
“You are crazy!” I barked, or I thought I did, tears pouring out of me like I had broken a hidden dam.
My voice was completely washed out by the thunderous, earth-shaking crack that suddenly ripped through the entire clearing.
The air didn't just turn freezing cold. It froze entirely, trapping us all in what was our greatest fear in that moment. The reddish gloom overhead seemed to warp, bending violently toward the center of the shrine as if the mountain itself were losing its gravity.