Loving Luna
He spoke of the scar she got falling from a stable roof, the awful soup she made during winter patrols, and the younger sister she wrote to every week.
Maris began to cry. Black mist escaped her mouth. Adrian moved toward her. Varro stepped into his path. The wild wolf growled. Adrian stopped. More mist poured from Maris, forming shadowy, human-like shapes above her before drifting towards the golden light under Blackwood. Luna heard voices within it, some speaking names, others merely whispering they were tired. The network accepted them without pulling, without forcing. When the last shadow departed, Maris collapsed against Theron. Her eyes returned to brown. Theron caught her. “You’re her