Moonbound Hearts
“If she’s part of me, how do I destroy her without destroying myself?”
Melody didn’t answer.
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A Crack in the Veil
That night, Baylee woke to a soft sound — a hum, low and pulsing, like a heartbeat beneath the floor.
She slipped out of bed, following it through the silent halls. The sound led her outside, to the edge of the forest.
There, the air shimmered — like heat over stone. The veil between worlds.
She could see faint figures moving beyond it — silhouettes of wolves, shadows caught in endless motion. The lost ones.