of Fire, S

ter – Fortr

ttled in

opened

old stone beneath his back. The scent of silver laced

tt, veiled in moonlight, defy

ral

a's da

true

they cut into his skin. Power flared b

chest still burned fro

n," he growled. "She

choed down

then

rle

er draped over her shoulders like royalty. Her eyes

spat. "Lying

. "You're lucky I didn

Alpha,"

tried to force a bond. You summoned death magic in the n

eth bared. "You don't hav

stepped

the

sed through the cell. Even chained,

Your reign is over. Y

e – The

map stretched a

Rhys, a young wolf with mismatched eyes. "Some of

llages next," Kael murmured. "

Elders?"

t they'll follow her. She has S

carlett ente

raided with moonstones, wrapped i

council can crown another Alpha in exil

out the Oracle's warning? About

s gaze tu

written yet. I p

a chamber lit by black flame,

gue Co

d been

they were r

" one hissed. "T

" another said. "We m

a third whispered. "We need

nce fo

ep, rattl

the Re

rt – Jud

d hall had never se

l to

, crownless but unmistakably regal. Her presence silenced the room. El

ht, silent, watchful-

her, blood drying at his tem

lett

e said, her voice clear, "you are found guilty of trea

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rs ec

t raise

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sp

lips twisted. "Afraid

u'll live. Stripped of your rank. Bound in chai

voice a whisper mea

ut a ghost in a cage, you'll realiz

urned

he deep cells.

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ing burned

t-not

hing

had just ente

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tt stood nearby, eye

n't all,"

d at him. "You

watching you. Close. The

ed. "The Oracle said

"Then we find him b

idn't

was alrea

e Fortress – Se

hand had soft eye

hen he stepped closer to the Luna's chambers. Or when he picked the

. A blade like a sliver of

-skin rippling,

a

a

eap

Scarlett's

fire, Kael pacing like

ius is the only way?

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. "They're al

er, gently grippi

e yet. Don't let them

intly. "Too l

th

fr

t the back

felt

d at the

stled throu

t mid-flight.

servant drop the disguise-eyes glowi

Re

lun

, and the room e

in and the

s Study –

a whisper of death-sil

ssassin shifted, his form dissolving like

" Kael

t as the obsidian da

ted her palm-blo

ver fire burs

hissed and

. Steel met smoke. Their ba

ou?" Scarle

g-only smiled. His tee

ed, voice in a

l f

's eyes

r thic

d a Blood Clock-a

Scarlett

as alrea

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ll in a mirror

raction of reality. Shadows blurre

pped through t

he Cycle," he said. "She thinks sh

d. "You don

. "She's already marked. One

smi

alk to

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to t

er's eye

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in Re

back like an

assassin tumbled across the floo

ellbook-but her blood

reach and s

o

again. Not yet.

ll, trapping the R

es glowing with Alpha fury. "Y

claw through th

ed to ash, dissolving with a s

– Moonli

balcony, wrapped in a fur cloak. B

ned her

ithout looking at him. "He w

t meant to survive the

ed. "Sta

r eyes. "Th

tt wen

rning returned

e moon, the Luna must c

the moon shimmered..

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s – Beneath

cended the s

d spell-rot. Her torch flickered against car

symbols her mothe

t dies, the Lun

se, she f

man cloak

as snow. Sk

woman rasped. "And s

d forward. "You

spered. "I was her blade in t

died her. "W

"They called me Crimson. I

embled. "Why now? W

box-silver etched

know the truth about your birth... and the

at stumbled. "What

opened

ger. Twin to the

-midnight black wi

he

ne el

ibl

ngeons – Da

ains, a smirk st

e shadow

ped through t

mist a

ightened. "You're

ed. "No, Alpha.

through the cell. Da

spered. "And you, the brok

itterly. "You wa

ssed. "We want a p

nd-burned with the mar

as something dark an

the Ca

d at the conte

my mother hid

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re i

e... to protect him. He may not remember who he is. But when

s fingers

fighting for myse

er, placing the dagg

Lunas. Past. Future. An

t stood

a Rebellion

of the

urt – W

the old scroll until t

be real,"

nodded grimly. "The B

immered faintly blue-m

nam

e b

ed. Some sacrificed. Some hidden

one with h

orn Twin, lost

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a

ulse

hat..

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he fortress. Toward

she

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ire again. Only this time,

her fingers. Just

t, but the word

ed. Not whole. But h

tw

rot

sibly..

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un

ood at

words. She saw

w the s

re's a name. Calen. Same

on her shoulder. She'

ly lifted

shaped mark glowed f

red at e

to find each other

chilled her soul-was the memo

the broken moon, one will

The Futur

oons, rubbing the strea

t know h

a fee

fi

th blood on her hands

rle

er name like a

The Eclipse approached. And s

horizon. Past t

for you,"

ind carri

ngeons – Da

woke sc

voice wa

. Warped.

is feet-chains f

its own. His eye

geon, a new form emerged-

of Eclipse," th

, the moo

bind or

emple – The R

ter of a rune circle car

edge, clutching Kael's han

eling," she

s the twin is pulling him. His blood remem

es flickered-one silv

battlefield I've never known. A child in m

e circle, wrapping

ailed me. Yo

out a dagge

id. "Bind him to your soul

tt hes

pri

. "There is no unbinding. If o

lowed. He looked i

he whispered. "Ev

ok the

d her

it to hi

shimmered t

exploded

circle

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ter – The

n her arms. B

iv

touched

hispered. "Not even time

hed with qui

arrior said, "we

ett s

st twin

oss the rea

eline – Cr

jolted

ved across

his knees

him," he

chose

being the forgotten

er stirred in the

cold and

. I will show you how to be

oy tu

the off

– Fortress

t on the th

s no longer

now par

when he looked at her, there was n

ord in every l

r fire in this o

ace wa

rst throug

-marching! The dun

rmy had be

nger

nger

to the Ec

and the T

rt – Out

acked acro

moon

stone fortress

ves. Now

oison. Each carried a deathmark across their t

arius-no longer the ar

twisted by corruption. One

sed hi

rmy r

all – Fi

to the balcony that ove

ed with crimson. The Luna

ood like a shadow c

the flank

bbed hi

fight to

lsed-alive an

"The Eclipse is complet

ce rang out li

st, the future that was stolen, and

howled be

war

le – Moo

soldiers, blades of light dra

e moved, he m

ere pe

ucha

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ky cr

lly to

s the clouds like

it... ste

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just a l

lack armor, eyes

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s breath

e'd seen her in every dr

d, voice hollow. "And l

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are

led fa

And sister... I've come to finis

's eyes

Blade of t

nod

the

Ending – C

ttlefield hung in stillness,

und by

und by

una could rise