When The Moon Hides Her Crown Novels & Stories

A cold wind swept through the room, extinguishing the candles in the chandeliers. The crowd gasped, shrinking back. Standing in the doorway was a woman. She was tall and thin, draped in robes of sheer white gossamer that seemed to float around her. Her hair was silver, reaching the floor. Her eyes were covered by a strip of black silk. "The High Priestess," someone whispered in terror. "The Oraculum" My blood ran cold. The High Priestess of the Moon Goddess rarely left the Sacred Temple. She only appeared when a prophecy of great import was about to be delivered.

Ethan exclaimed at my mother. “You are staring at the Alpha Zena of The Sky Guardians, Ethan. The only Alpha female in the generation of her pack before she decided to run away with my father,” I explained. “And Alaric, son of Nimue, a powerful witch, and Marcus, the rebellious son of the moon goddess, Selene.” We only heard his deep sigh. “No one will force you to tell us about the council, Ethan,” I said, looking at him without any feelings of gentleness and love. “But my parents had been hiding us for decades to keep us safe until-”

The fire in the divine lamp extinguished. Then comes the main part of the ritual. The crowning time. Servants came forward with the crowns. They were heavily decorated with white stones and pearls. Maybe this was the reason why the crowns are called Moon Crowns. Elphaba placed the crown on Maximus's head after offering the crown to the moon goddess and the deity. Lenora's neck hurt just by watching Maximus wearing the crown. She wondered how it would be to her. Soon, it's her turn to wear the crown.

He said, catching his breath. You have taken everything I have lived for. She had thought. She lifted her hand, and the threads of the moon's power followed her movement. She can't prolong the use of Abuwa's light or she will well vanish in the dust before she could cast the curse. She wields the power to restrain Ganur on his feet when she saw him escaping. The threads clad him like an iron chain, keeping his feet from moving at all.

Leaves swayed restlessly and even creatures of the night were quiet. Venkat met up with Eun-Jae. "This isn't normal, the weather was calm a while ago..." The beta let out. "My baby" Ro cried knowing the weather had something to do with the kidnap of her child. Venkat frowned his eyes widened in realization and he looked at the sky. "Tonight is supposed to be a full moon." "Yeah so the clouds shouldn't be cov–" Eun-Jae began. "Finfolk." Venkat interrupted. "What?" The beta was confused.

There was an excited murmur from the pack and Delilah couldn't blame them. Her heart beat even faster now. The moon crown was an old artifact blessed by the Moon Goddess that was capable of single handedly picking out a female who it deemed worthy for the position of a Luna. Adam gave a nod of his head and there one of the clean shaven Beta's to his right opened a briefcase which she had just noticed only now. Out of it he pulled out a cream colored crown that had a glowing red jewel in the center. Adam lifted it above his head and suddenly it began glowing from a dull red to a bright red.

A lot of research later, Michael was able to find a solution. There was a special ceremony that needed to be held, under the second full moon of a single month, called a blue moon. When the blue moon is at its highest peak, which is midnight, they stand together and pray to the moon goddess. The eldest prays to the moon goddess telling her that they do not wish to be alpha and give the reason why they do not want to be the alpha. After they pray to the moon goddess, they both shift at the same time. If the moon goddess hears their prayers and grants their request, she will transfer the alpha from the older sibling to the younger sibling.

Maybe someone found out my identity, perhaps I’m being poisoned. I’ll never take my place as Lycan Queen. I’ll never see my parents again. My brothers will blame themselves. The ground pulls at me insistently, and I fall to my knees, clutching at the earth as if I could hold onto anything at all. There's a tearing sensation somewhere deep inside, and I scream, the sound echoes into the woods around me. Deep inside I know this is a bad thing, that I’m meant to remain hidden, that me screaming so loud will only cause attention. But I can’t bring myself to care.

Behind the circle was an archer’s bow of amber, taut and primed to fire. In the glow of the late morning sun, still perched on its throne high in the sky, the banners were utterly majestic. One could only imagine how lovely they might be in the dawning dusk. I heard soft shuffling behind me as Eric rose to his feet. “Yes, in five days with the emergence of this month’s Hunter’s Moon.” My mouth parted slightly. Oh. “I didn’t realize it was happening so soon,” I said after a moment.

On the night of the full moon, Dennis embraced Mary from behind, and the two of them stood by the window, looking up at the sky. He gently kissed Mary's earlobe and then kissed her cheek affectionately. Mary looked up at the moon, her hands holding her stomach. She prayed that the medicine would help her keep Dennis and the family that she loved so much. She tilted her head and rubbed her hair against Dennis's cheek and whispered, "I love you." Dennis smiled and said, "I love you too."