arette between his fingers burning

e tower, away from the crescen

sly, a yawning abyss of da

d felt smaller and quieter. B

he dead a

ices in his head grew loud

ike a forgotten melody. A chorus of the damned. Not just o

. He was from an entirely different

Lycan. What he

n forces of magic. It let him move like shadow, slip through barriers others could

es of a whole t

alities, there was only one constant.

known, shrouded in myth. What he co

ire, air-he com

conceived, the worl

n and a streak o

nd the moon turned to b

irth of a blo

ybr

dess of the underworld, had cas

se- seeking to plunge the world into endless

the sacred domain of the wolves and Lycan

sters stayed parallel, not crossing the other, susta

m every enclave in the world. Choosing to embrace the chaos

ance between the mystical and mort

in the void and restoring balance. But at a terrib

ept one

shadow lingering on the edge of exti

until every last faerie was gone. Alone, she wou

d the unt

the Lycan king, a

, slipping into his bed beneath the pale glow of the waning moon. Her li

f the natural order- mating with an oppo

had only one desire- to en

breaking every

rotected among the Lycans, ev

as of noble blood.

ause among the Lycans, blood was everything

ever abandon

red her without hesitation. But they co

ch for the Wolfian ar

r goddess awok

usand years, Velthera's soul would be r

truly died. Their souls merely passed into a

rue Luna, recoiled in horror t

, his eyes burned like volcanic erupt

had been tricked by an ethereal being, he

chery, yet bearing t

curse cam

dians of the realms, had witnessed the sacrileg

love. He coul

pty. Reb

fore it ever had the ch

uity of his bloodline, to end

ure of wrath. A weapon sharpen

e closed his eyes-the images of slain

eams. Smoke rippling from the burning fl

couldn'

mercy, cutting them down lik

ng or old. If their blood was mar

ot stop. Not until

suddenly narrowed-

rette over the edge of the tower. The ember

ng had

unusual

hit him as he used his enhanced se

off as warm and frig

eneath its skin, the rush

. No fan

ghtly as he realized

e wolves called