Luna Eclipse: the deserter's offspring

en in the dark. The moon was full, and their shadows formed long, eerie figures on the ground as they walked quickly

neering demeanor. He walked with an elegant gait and

he two men following him. "We need to m

left his mouth, they

y looked pretty strong. Even with the hooded cloaks they wore, I

bvious they were going after some

To be honest, I had not the slightest idea why I was f

as I crept behind, fast enough to keep up with them and

the middle of the woods,

re," he a

lt and proceeded to take

lders of rock. There were inscriptions on them. I cou

and when he withdrew them, he held a dagger

raced the markings on it with the d

The wind howled, and the rink turned red-the colour of the gem. The man rais

s they chanted, and soon, th

rce that I had to hold onto the

turned into beasts. Beasts I had only s

yes bloodshot red, sniffing as thou

was beautiful. She had eyes that shone in the dark, and skin that was so fair

he called out. The words rolled

l. They were changing their form again. In a twinkle

to the point where I was unable to tear my gaze away

el the same way I did, because he

ace straight and unsmiling. "And the sooner you l

hout batting an eyel

made a little bow, albeit sarca

for. Let's not beat about the b

her face. It was as though she could see something other

l be back when the time is right, before the stars in the galaxy align for a lunar eclipse. The eclipsed Lu

stared at her in silence. The two men wit

a shook

pect me to decipher it somehow. You make me regret my decision to come to s

peaking. I could see his mouth mov

could not hear her words either. At that

to stay hidden and out of sight. I got considerably closer

rotect herself,"

remember

racing, and my blood was rushing from all t

e. I now had a good view o

ortable behind the tree, someon