What's this? I went wide?
“Why? It’s not your turn.” I try to reach across him to grab it and it results in him holding it further away. I step closer and stand on tiptoes and tip forward too much, crashing into him. Luca catches me without looking the least off balance. We stand there, crushed against each other by my clumsiness. Our faces are close and there’s something in his eyes that I saw the other day on the cliff top. My heart races. Will he lean closer?
No. He grabs my shoulders and gently pushes me to arm’s length, turning away.
I turn away too, embarrassed, confused, frustrated. I give in. If he isn’t even going to be my friend like before, then I’ve already lost him. What do I have left to lose? “Either tell me why,” I say, my voice soft. “Or let’s pretend we never kissed in the first place because whatever this is now”—I gesture between the two of us—“is suffocating. I can’t do this. Not now. Not with everything.” I trail off, feeling my heart race, feeling panic at the edges of my being. I close my eyes and wait.
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At her birth, Neoma was dubbed the Child of Prophecy by the Order of the Moon. A title with great and terrible ties to it. One that should grant her magic enough to take on the vengeful god, Aurinko and His army. One the people of Manena put all their hopes into. When her lack of magical aptitude becomes abundantly clear, Neoma resents being in the mage classes. As her 18th birthday approaches she learns that the Sisters will force her to go through the Anointing Ceremony in order to join the Sisterhood in the Order of the Moon. Will the Moon Mother forsake her in front of her fellow graduates? Or will Her blessing cause a series of events that might just break Neoma? One thing is for certain: war is on the horizon and the Child of Prophecy is far from ready to face the might of Aurinko.
