The Moon and Her Secret

m of her standing in the middle of the dark and enigmatic forest. The moon is high and its silver hue illu

blinked it would disappear behind the approaching dark clouds. She can hear it ca

e drowned deeper into the darkest part of the river. She allowed the water to swallow her whole, finding peace in the deafening silence th

that resembles a wolf appeared before her, its icy blue eyes sta

sat up on her bed, attempting to calm down by reminding herself that it was just a dream. An incredibly consistent and annoying dream tha

m the other side of

vy with sleep. She cleared her throat and

familiar concerned gaze greeted her.

ak smile. “Just a wei

aced his hand on her shoulder reassuringly and gave her a s

r hand above Ray’s. “I’m fine now!”

u that I’ll come visit your parents with you today.

trying her best to ignore the he

h him, she can never get tired of how Ray’s brown eyes seem to glisten like polished amber under the sunrays. His dark skin seemingly gives off a brilliant

is eyes fixed on the road as his index finge

ean?” Lana ask

ari

an’t stare at my lovely

ly this nice to me when you

nice to you.” she said as her attention turned

full moon tonight,” R

he sun was setting yet she could see dark clouds a

the significance of that dream. She tried to talk about it with her friends but they wo

that's not

a forest ranger al

” Ray

countered any wol

ed the question. She glanced at Ray who was not even

ask?” Ray fi

ne flaw--she knew he could never lie. His tell was simple, he would d

they turned into the park

nes. Lana was grateful at how the tombstones were already cleaned an

lready.” Ray commented as he kneeled in fron

e and somehow Lana often envied those who had fond memories about her parents. They died when Lana was

suddenly asked as her grip o

ds, almost like brothers even. Both of them were basically family to me. Not a day goes by with

r. She felt guilty that she did not share Ray's sentiment. She felt angry that she never had the chance

ould see the outline of the moon between the passing dark clouds. She scoffed. Just looki

alled. “Is so

. I was just think

er. “Um, I’ll let you have so

Ray’s footsteps getting further and further until she was all alone at the cemetery. “I-” Lana muttered. The words seemed to disappear from her tongue. She the