Jennie shrugs, but I see a small smile on the edges of her lips. “Whatever. Anyway, as I was saying, I had a premonition dream, and even you were in it, new kid.”

Taeyo beams, obviously chuffed he’s now part of this gang.

“We were on a mission to find the lost memories of Riley.”

Areum rustles her feathers and squawks. And I can guess what she’s thinking: This is proof.

This can’t be where the story ends. No way, not today, definitely not when there is hope on the horizon. I will restore my families’ lost memories, and it looks like I won’t have to do it alone.

“So,” Hattie says, pulling on my hand and searching my eyes. “Did I miss much?”

I lie down and rest my head in my sister’s lap. “Oh, you have no idea.”

She pouts. “Guess I missed out on all the fun then, huh?”

I chuckle. “Oh, don’t you worry about that. This is only the beginning.”

Epilogue

When the fragments of the dark sun and the dark moon fell from the Godrealm’s sky, the Haetae noticed they fell in pairs. One piece of the sun and one piece of the moon, falling together as one.

As the six goddesses became consumed with their desire to destroy the fallen pieces, Mago Halmi grew worried. “We must ensure my children do not destroy them all,” she said.

So she commanded the Haetae to find one of the fallen stars and separate it into its two parts. “Leave the dark-sun piece in the Mortalrealm,” she said. “But take the piece of the dark moon and hide it well, my loyal guardian. For when the day comes that the dark sun and moon are united, a new era will be born. They will call it the Age of the Final Eclipse. This is my prophecy.”

And so the Haetae did as Mago Halmi commanded.

He separated one of the fallen stars and left the piece of the dark sun in the Mortalrealm. Then he took the piece of the dark moon and hid it in the safest place he could find—the Spiritrealm.

Glossary

aegi-ya (EH-ghee-yah) What my eomma calls me when she’s about to deliver bad news. Aegi is Korean for baby, and the ya on the end is what you add when you’re calling out to someone.

appa (AH-bbah) Korean for dad.

Areum (AH-rihm) A Korean name meaning beautiful.

bae (beh) a delicious Korean pear that’s big and round (sometimes as big as my face). It’s super crunchy and refreshing, and supposedly one of the Cave Bear Goddess’s favorite things to eat.

bangmangi (BAHNG-mahng-ee) a magical club covered with pointy black and red spikes that dokkaebis use to summon any item in the Mortalrealm.

Battle Galactic a video game that’s similar to Fortnite Battle Royale, but set in space. My BFF, Emmett, is obsessed with it.