Moon by Aaron Ehasz

Author:Aaron Ehasz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Rayla woke up to her hand throbbing. She repositioned herself and opened her eyes. Early morning light streamed through the trees of their camp. A few feet away, Callum was lost in concentration, examining the rune cube. He held it up to the primal stone, and a bright light shone from the cube, then faded when he pulled the cube away. Then shone when he held it to the stone, then faded when he pulled it away. Over and over. He’d hardly put that thing down since they left the lodge.

Behind Callum, the little boat they’d arrived in was bobbing up and down in the water. Rayla closed her eyes again—anything to forget about that boat. And besides, she wasn’t ready to start her day with the princes. It turned out humans were exhausting.

A few minutes later, a bright light shone very near her face. Then dimmed, then shone again. Over and over.

“This doesn’t end well for you,” she said. She pushed Callum’s hand away and opened her eyes.

The cube rolled over to Bait and the side facing him glowed yellow, illuminating his grumpy face. Rayla sat up as Callum retrieved the cube.

“Last night you thought the cube was just a worthless toy,” Callum said. “But now we know—”

“That it’s a glow toy?” Rayla teased.

“Exactly!” Callum said.

“Exactly,” Rayla repeated, still not convinced the detour to the lodge had been worth it. She stood up and her hand throbbed again. Uh-oh. “I’m going to find us some food,” she said.

When Rayla was certain she’d distanced herself from the princes, she scrambled up a pile of rocks and examined her binding. There was no question about it now—the binding was getting tighter. She massaged her wrist in an attempt to keep the blood flowing.

“Time to get this thing off,” she said.

She unfurled her blades. Handcrafted and sharpened by the elf Ethari, the blades were guaranteed to slice right through the flimsy ribbon. Carefully, making sure the blade avoided her skin, Rayla slipped it under the ribbon.

“Easy now,” she whispered to herself.

With a single, swift movement, Rayla jerked the blade upward. The ribbon held fast.

She moved the blade back and forth like a saw but found she couldn’t make even the smallest tear in the ribbon.

“What is this thing made of?” she said to no one.

“Heeellllllp!”

Rayla’s ears perked up at the call of distress. It was coming from their camp.

“Help! Helllllllpp!”

That was Callum’s voice! Rayla grabbed her blades and sprinted back to camp, leapfrogging from tree to tree. She arrived with her blades ready for action.

“What is it? What happened?” she asked. Her eyes darted back and forth in search of the threat, but Ezran and Callum were alone in the clearing. Callum was holding the primal stone in one hand. His other hand crackled with a powerful electric current. Beads of sweat poured down his forehead as static electricity sparked all around him.

“Help!” Callum yelled.

Rayla rolled her eyes and folded up her blades. Callum was in a magical predicament, but nobody’s life was in danger.

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