Odesse's eyes widened as she looked up at the moon spirit, her voice barely a whisper against the vast stillness of the realm. "What do you mean by I have to die first?"
The moon spirit hovered higher, her luminous form expanding until she seemed to coat the very edges of the sky. "You see, moon child, that lady... what was her name again?" The spirit paused, the cosmic light around her flickering like a dying star.
Odesse looked up, her jaw tightening. "Azure."
"Yes, Azure," the moon spirit replied, a subtle resonance in her tone that sounded like shifting tides. "She thinks she knows so much about magic and supernatural powers, but she still lacks education. She operates on the surface of things."
"What do you mean?" Odesse asked, her hands balling into fists against the fabric of her gown.
