The Howl of the Blood Moon

The celestial phenomenon known across the northern territories as the Blood Moon was an ancient, terrifying omen. As twilight fell, the sky did not darken into its customary indigo; instead, an unsettling, bruised violet hue swept across the mountains, giving way to an eerie, suffocating silence. Not a single night bird cried. The wind had dropped to an absolute dead calm, leaving the frozen pines standing rigid as iron spears…