Chapter 428

Lanie

I was alone with the scent of the forest and what felt like a breeze across my face. The trees sang in low

murmurs as the wind passed through their branches. Peace, calm, serenity…

when was the last time I’d felt any of that? So long ago that I couldn’t recall a time when I’d felt only

comfort. No anxiety.

“Moon Goddess?”

I reached for her and got only silence in return.

Slowly, I turned in a circle. I knew I had to be experiencing this in my own mind, and that she hadn’t

transported me physically. I wore a soft gown of pale-green fabric, knotted at the shoulders. Around my waist,

a golden cord nipped the dress against my hips, and the hem was so long only the tips of my toes peeped out.

My hair cascaded down my back in ripples and waves.

I thought I must look something like a goddess,myself.

I wanted to run. To fight. To scream and argue.

I wanted answers. Safety. Knowledge.

But Goddesses don’t answer to those they protect; I could only wait for her to show me what she wanted

me to see.

set, and the Moon

minutes. I walked through the trees and slowly became aware of Lily

her head,and I let

me, the trees parted to show me a meadow full of flowers. The

the light of her sister Sun? I could

ever reaching me in the Moon’s silver glow. Right now, the golden light beckoned me, and I went

meadow.

in my hand and licked. Then she ran away. I reached for her, but then I let her

happening to my body.

Katie, Lanie, Katie, Lanie.

Who was I?

had I

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Who would I become?

that made my head spin. Dizzy, I sank onto a bed of soft grass while the flowers crushed underneath me and cast out even more glorious scents. I looked up at the sky and saw

the same time. So much smaller than her sister, and to some, less powerful. She guided and blessed the wolves and kept us from harm, while the Sun had the strength and power to give life…and take it

back arched as a groan slipped out

They dented my bottom lip, piercing my own flesh until I

die in the sunshine without

the Moon Goddess. You

barely grazing the ground and the grass

me in their lights. Silver

the Moon, I felt strength and power,

A promise of punishment,if I did not obey. “I don’t understand, Moon Goddess! Please, as your humble ser vant, I

bells. Like the soft hush of waves rolling against a shore. Like

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