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m began

d. Flames licked the horizon. Wolves howled in pain, not triumph, and fr

ash, hands covered in

whispered fro

choose who

breath, heart pounding,

't just

like...

backyard with tense strides. She joined him quietly, her

it too?"

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he said, looking up. "The Rift is stirring m

ecy," she

d. "What di

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er. "What did y

hoosing between two wolves. Fire

away. "It'

bsidian altar again. This time, the shard glowed f

named Varek, lean and sharp-eyed, had been wa

k said. "But this isn't about justic

leaming. "You think you unde

ling to destroy us

d slightly. "Then yo

t stepped back into

yal had

ldest friend, Jenna, a bright and fi

hell," Jenna sa

But also... I'm in somet

id with a grin. "Your

en isn't from here? Lik

. Especially with what's been happening. Earth's moon isn't right

just us," Ela

osmic," Jenna replied.

l between worlds was thin. He dropped to his knees and

red faintly-brief, f

to stop this war

e a soun

a branch overhead, glaring at

it

the first will

eet. "What do you me

took off, vanishi

piece of

ew-he was

d Riven sat together

fell through the Rift... I wasn't alone. There was a

was

brot

th caught. "

just the second. The quiet one. But af

. "You've carried thi

I open up... I'

the one who hold

night, it wasn't just about heat-it was about healing. His hands memorized every

, "Don't be afraid of th

urying his face in her

adow of the mountain, Lucie

ared in sil

VE

heart pounding,

ly knew

ould end

the silver name gl

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e obsidian, and somethin

to his

es into a spiral around him. Dalia ru

, eyes brighter than be

a fr

ith fear-but ecstasy. "The ghost. The one who came

e shard tighte

rd, hesitantly. "An

r. Stronger. Someth

bring him t

ifted off beside him. Her soft breathing was steady, one hand

long. One night was supposed

three. And now, the pull bet

tly admiring the way moonlight

r stirred. Not just

gnit

it wasn't just beaut

t hidden. Inside, a crumbling parchment marked with glyphs from

ls who held ancient cosmic bloodlines. Hal

ld awaken the R

uld she be

d the sc

red, her eyes f

too loud," she

iled. "B

erself up. "Y

for you, Elara. But that's

his hand. "T

Rift... but something older. And if that's true.

ently beside a hooded figure. A new wolf.

Varek muttered. "He'

woman with silver-streaked hair and scarred

"Only balance. Lucien and Riven were never me

Then help me stop th

"Then you must b

idnight, pouring through old grimoires. Her

page she'd neve

win moons burn red, and one of huma

eside the text-a woman who

nds tr

go

e. "Elara, you need to c

ple lay in silence-until a su

t up, ful

the window

e moonlight cut through fog... a t

ci

eyes

details, but somethin

something... an

slowly. Then turned,

xhaled

know who t

him whispered:

m at the window

d everything," Riven sai