Dawn came, and the Blood Moon vanished as if she had simply dreamed it.
While a heavy fog still clung to the earth, the sun had risen triumphant at last, bathing the world in its brilliance as it once again touched the tops of the mountains surrounding the Vale with vast, painterly strokes of resplendent joy. So bright was its return, it pierced through even the mist below as it became suddenly illuminated like shimmering gold dust.
Aurelia sat outside the Vale, perfectly seated on a large rock that jutted upwards just far enough to give her an elevated view over the haze.
There was something unsettling about this particular red moon. They had occurred before, yes, but never in her knowledge had one caused a week-long period of darkness; at times, particularly toward the end, the world had become so shrouded she couldn't even see in front of her own nose. It felt almost as if some terrible presence loomed just out of her peripheral...
Perhaps it was nothing.
The clouds parted, the birds sang, and the sun rose just as it always had.
And yet Aurelia doubted.
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