THE REJECTED LUNA
I let blood drip onto ice where white veins were spreading.
Where pink white blood hit white veins, veins flared bright, not thin milk light now, bright moon light, same bright as moon mark on neck and Jax four lines, and white light shot across lake fast, much faster than before, racing black smoke, beating black smoke to Runa island and to white wolves islands and to Harlan island and to edge of village White ice that was old.
Ice stopped cracking where white light touched. White ice formed, thick, glowing faintly, not just frozen water, but White ice, anointed ice, that black smoke could not drink, that hissed and pulled back when it touched.