Twin Flames, Twin Fates

see it that the Moon Flame speaks in

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s supposed to b

lifted, posture perfect. Even now, in the flickering torchlight, she looke

with their words. My fingers trembled, but I didn't move. Not even to wipe the sweat trickling down my neck. Lira glanc

was

as

iny flicker, almost lazy. Then it flared, hungry and wild, leaping sk

lver flame snapped tow

derstand. N

in my throat as the flame coiled around my wrist, not burning, but searing something deeper. My skin lit up with anci

amber

. It was raw. Wild. I turned just in tim

wide with something that might've been

sed. "She's notshe's n

was trying to escape. The flame hadn't hurt me, but it had changed somethi

he steppe

Black

looked like a storm wrapped in muscle: tall, broad, and dressed in black leathers that were s

t from my hand

ne m

mor, glowing for a heartbeat before vanishin

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mach d

cannot be undone.

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e fists at her sides, trembling with fury. "She ca

d. Not with pow

me, bowing his head. "You must come w

. "She's not my mate.

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Not kindly. Not even c

ad landed in his lap and now he ha

on Flame flickere

stone tunnels beneath the Temple. My feet dragged. My thoughts scattered like le

alked. She was one of the gentler Seers, her voice al

hed. "He does

dn't d

pure crystal, where mate bonds were sealed under moonlight

tar, arms folded, expre

eak until th

't tou

"I didn't

You didn't ask for a

od in

examine the prophecy," he said

f there

in his gaze now not hatred, but calculati

ing began

soldiers, a grizzled woman named Elara, who looked like she ate si

after my first fall. "Yo

from my lip an

I fell. Three m

ly by the ones inside me. Kade rarely spoke. When he did, it w

after I saved the so

wolf mid-shift. No one moved fast en

t between the guard and the child he was abou

wolf s

But that night, he didn't avoi

nodded

er, Lira d

ot a note. Not a sc

whispered. Some thought she'd run

h Seers were

rs. Their symbols burned away. On the st

twin sh

n't allowed to leave my room.

ghtmares c

I dreamed of a mirror dripping blood. I woke screaming

ng was

was th

saw the Temple

afe. "She's coming for you," he sai

. I wanted to bel

the fear i

sharp. Below us, smoke curled into the sky. The Temple

dn't

't loo

the dying light. I watched him and wondered:

dn't

thing stir in my chest. Not the

of p

efia

through the mountain pass, a sh

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