Malekai, Cassie, and Jax stepped out of Malekai’s house to walk the two blocks to his parents' house. The moon had already risen and fully crested over the eastern treeline of the forest surrounding Bloodstone. It was a sight that Malekai and Cassie were used to. Jax, on the other hand, gasped as he stepped out and looked up at the sky. The full moon cast a cool glow across everything. Jax stepped out from under the covered porch to see more of the night sky. The moonlight made his ebony skin appear to glow in the pale light.
“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” Malekai asked him as he stared at the moon, mesmerized by its loveliness.
“It is,” Jax replied quietly. “I used to watch the stars with my grandma when I was a kid. But I never remember the sky looking like this.”
“Before you go back to
