Chapter 44

"Daughter of Moon and Huntress. Mother to the fierce. Luna, we speak to you." I speak loudly. "We wish to thank you for your guidance and your love. We hope for peace and happiness to our communities and an everlasting bloodline." I read off the lines I was taught in school with ease, slipping back into my youth in a bittersweet reunion. I look to Danyal to see him watching me. "It's your turn now." I send him an encouraging smile. "Oh," he says stiffly, "Luna, I know it's not right to ask something from you after so much time. But I would be forever grateful to speak to my mother." Danyal looks up at the sky when he speaks, his words come out muffled and he struggles to find the right things to say. I watch the hope in his eyes and feel the angst in his hand through mine. After a while, I look up too. The hope I feel is falling as fast as the wall Danyal builds. "Danyal-" "Not now."