Page 22 of When the Moon Hatched (The Moonfall #1)

P ahpi says claiming a mature Moonplume at such a young age makes me remarkable, but I don’t feel very remarkable.

Haedeon will never walk again because the bones fused back together, but not in the right way. Pahpi says nobody has the skills to rebreak, then fix such delicate damage so deep without cutting him open and risking more harm.

His Moonplume may never fly because her wing is gammy. Because our makeshift hatching camp got sniffed out by a pack of doomquills just as Haedeon’s egg began to rock, and I had to hide it in the warmth with him before it had a chance to fully hatch.

Yes, I fought off the doomquills, but I would’ve lost if the massive Moonplume that had been circling hadn’t shown up and blazed the rest of them. Yes, I then climbed on her back and held on really tight for really long until she listened to my soft song, but I just did what I had to do to get my brother home. Because the Creators wouldn’t sing to me no matter how much I begged them to help.

Now they won’t shut up.