POV: Luna
I can't sleep.
It's been weeks since Miguel died, and sleep still feels impossible most nights.
So I do what I've been doing. I walk.
The Academy grounds are quiet this late. Most students are asleep. Only a few guards patrol the perimeter.
I head toward the Moon Circle, drawn there like always. It's the one place I feel close to something bigger than myself.
The moon is nearly full tonight. Bright enough to cast sharp shadows across the standing stones.
I sit in the center of the circle and close my eyes.
That's when I feel it.
A warmth spreading through my mark. Not painful. Not alarming. Just... present.
I open my eyes and look down at my wrist.
My Eclipse mark is glowing. Softly pulsing with silver light.
"What now?" I mutter.
The glow intensifies, and suddenly I
