They Glow Like We Do

Saracyn didn't fall asleep when he was supposed to. He just yawned, closed his eyes, and laid still snuggled up against his twin sister when Manea came to put the pups to bed, but the sneaky lad had other things on his mind. When the sun had begun to fade, he thought he'd seen some strange floating lights starting to appear, but Mom and Dad had ushered them into the den for dinner and bed before he could get a good look at them. Despite his pleas and protests, he'd been denied permission to leave the den. So he'd just have to sneak out when no one was paying attention.

After enough time had passed that he'd decided was long enough, Saracyn peeked a single ice blue eye open to scan around the sleeping chamber. Both of their parents were absent, meaning they'd gone out on their own again. Lifting his head from the pile of furs, Sara gave another cursory look around. Everything was dark and quiet save for some bluish silver moonlight spilling in from the den's entrance. He glanced down at his smaller sibling fast asleep, nudging her enthusiastically to wake her back up. "Hey, Ava! Wake up!" he hissed out a whisper under his breath. Once she began to stir, he continued, "C'mon, wake up! There's cool things happening outside!"

Not waiting for his sleepy sister to come back to the waking world, Sara climbed out of the furs and scampered as quickly as he could toward the entrance, making sure to tiptoe past where Irilyth was sleeping until he emerged into the cold night air. The first thing he saw was the giant full moon, larger than he'd ever seen it before, and the boy gasped, breath fogging before his face. The white marking on his left side seemed to glow brighter out in the moonlight, but he didn't notice it, what with the mark being around his eye. "Oh wow!" he whispered to himself, stepping out into the thin layer of snow on the ground. Off around the stone ruins, Saracyn could see hundreds of floating blue and purple lights, seeming to beckon to him, calling him toward them. "Ava, come look at this!"

"Saracyn Mendacium"