LILYS POV
It was weird. You know those nights where you close your eyes, intending to sleep, and the next thing you know, it's morning? Almost like you simply blinked? That was me. One minute, I was recovering from Ajax ravaging me, the next I was stumbling around the woods. Aya was not present; I couldn't feel her in my head at all. I looked at the dense bush around me; I wasn't in Blood Moon anymore. The trees were too green, covered in moss. Large rocks jutted up from the ground, also covered. The air smelled fresh, unpolluted, and it was a little chilly. Birds squauled above me, an owl hooted somewhere in the distance.
Had I been kidnapped? Had Bastian finally made his move?
"No child. I am very much the opposite of that man."
I spun so fast I almost tripped. Celeste stood before m
