the Moon

feel it, this pull, this becoming. The shift isn't just muscle and fur. It's a reve

w....and the moon...

************

in my life, they

d with tiny moons and stars, symbols of ho

rayers to the Moon Goddess, and wove spells into the hem of my rob

id who had always tucked scraps of bread under my bed when no one watched, and cleaned

"You'll rise with a howl and make them regret everything." I let out a

ied corridors offered small nods, some looked away quickly, ashamed to be caught ca

Crescent Fang and my shift day was meant to be sacred no matter how acc

smugly at the front, cloaked in arrogance, their faces covered with smirks they did not bother hiding, and my father...

, then a priestess chanted in Old Lunar

en....

l, the moonlight burning down

led and my soul reached for a

wolf tearing through my skin

se my

ca

g to the in-de

s, no burn u

sur

voi

afening

, I knew that the M

still and hollow, like I already knew this wa

rs began i

't even t

sed, I tol

less

Not even

say she wa

a ceremony

to the Cresc

oom's in

through louder

her, Riko snapped as he stood, his eyes gleaming with the

t her for he

ould move, a deeper vo

oug

harp and low, so much so

owly, regal in

..he s

lined with warrior sigils. Piece by piece, he shed his pride until only hi

ew tense an

at was coming, but

word, he transf

pitch black with streaks of white like lightning trapped in darkness. He was enormous, terri

dn't

gered, blood spewing from my cheek already and fo

slamming me to the ground. Pain erupted in waves, hot and

n't boo either, they just watche

name, I heard sobs fro

longer looked entertain

ng colder and deeper. He shifted back into his human form

my face, blood from his knu

our bloodline, you shou

of use when you shift, but no you remain a great

emselves ". He spat, hitting my chest with his fist,

Lunarian, they were words I couldn't und

me by the hair across the floor like I was carcass, and with a sn

surface with a lo

n... da