Beneath the Winter Moon
But now, in the hush of night, with no one watching and no mask to wear, I slowly pulled the string loose and let the charm fall into my palm.
The silver crescent moon glinted softly in the dim light, the tiny crystals beneath it catching the faintest flickers like falling snow. Cold, delicate, familiar.
My throat tightened.
WinterMoon.
The name struck something in me—like a melody I hadn’t heard in years, one that had lived in my bones long after the sound faded.
I could still see it if I closed my eyes.
The packhouse nestled in the woods, smoke curling from chimneys. The snowbanks piled high along the edge of the training field. My brothers, Calix and Leo, chasing each other in shifted for
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