Blood Moon

I'm Still Here

Wake up, Legosi.

Legosi squirmed in his sleep as a sweet voice rang in his mind.

Open your eyes, my boy.

The voice felt like an echo, so near and yet so far, but most of all, strangely familiar. He attempted to open his eyes, but instead of the wooden ceiling of his enclosure, what he saw was a moonlit sky. “Where am I?”

Suddenly, a pair of warm hands clasped his face from above his head. Legosi tried to jerk away, but his body felt as if it was nailed to the ground, muscles stiff and immovable. He began to panic, his heart pounding heavily. “Calm down, my little thunder.” Legosi stilled. Little thunder?

He relaxed under the touch but his heart pounded in a different tone. There was only one person who called him with that nickname, and she had been long gone. Slowly, he forced hims