Chapter 18: Uncovered Secrets

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• THE LUNA REBIRTH: REVENGE UNDER THE MOON   Chapter 120: Echoes of the Betrayer

  The air was alive with violence.Shards of stone rained from the ceiling as the Hollow Core collapsed around them. Iris shielded her eyes, the light of her mark flaring as she stumbled back from the chasm. Wind howled, not from nature, but from the awakening of something ancient and furious.“Lyra!” Iris screamed.But Lyra was no longer herself. Her body hovered inches above the ground, suspended in a veil of obsidian mist. Her eyes—once wary and wounded—now burned pitch black, eclipsed by an otherworldly force.The voice that had hissed from the shadows now poured from Lyra’s lips. “Three seals. Three marks. You believed you could be the only one?”Aiden grabbed Iris’s wrist and pulled her away just as a column of violet energy erupted from Lyra’s chest, splitting the altar in two.“We have to get out!” he shouted.“No,” Iris said, eyes wide with horror. “This is the trial. This is the betrayal the Goddess warned us about.”Lyra's body twisted unnaturally, her arms flaring with power

• THE LUNA REBIRTH: REVENGE UNDER THE MOON   Chapter 119: Stoneheart's Oath

  The cold air of the Tempest Shrine still clung to them as Iris, Aiden, and Lyra emerged into the wan light of dawn. Behind them, the wind howled its final warning—Not all who walk with you speak truth.The words rattled in Iris’s mind as they began their journey toward the Stoneheart Mountains. Each glance, each movement from her companions now bore hidden weight. She didn’t want to doubt them. Not after all they had endured. But the Moon Goddess had never lied. Truth, when whispered by the divine, carried more than weight—it bore prophecy.The path to Stoneheart grew harsher with each passing mile. Jagged stones cut into their boots, and the air thinned, forcing their lungs to labor with every breath. Thunder rumbled far behind them, while snowflakes began to fall—soft as whispers, masking the looming threat ahead.Scene 1: The Heart of the MountainBy midday, the landscape changed. Massive stone pillars jutted from the ground like the bones of ancient titans. The path led into a dee

• THE LUNA REBIRTH: REVENGE UNDER THE MOON   Chapter 118: The Tempest Shrine

  The path from Mount Ardran was long and grueling. The scorched rock eventually gave way to tangled forests and mist-draped valleys, where every step forward felt like a battle against the very air itself. Iris, Aiden, and Lyra walked in silence, their footsteps softened by loam and fallen leaves, their thoughts consumed by the trial they had just passed and the ones still to come.The fire trial had transformed something in Iris. The shard of flame now embedded within her mark pulsed with life, occasionally sending sparks racing through her veins. She could feel the power of the Guardian inside her, like a second heart beating in tune with the earth. But it was also a reminder that she was changing—becoming something more, and perhaps less, than the woman she once was.“It’s ahead,” Lyra said at last, breaking the silence. She pointed toward a range of jagged cliffs in the distance. “The Shrine of the Tempest lies carved into those sea-battered walls. Legend says no one reaches it wit

• THE LUNA REBIRTH: REVENGE UNDER THE MOON   Chapter 117: Ember's Gate

  The wind howled against the jagged cliffs of Mount Ardran, where ash hung thick in the air like a shroud. The mountain rumbled beneath their feet, a living thing exhaling heat and warning. Iris stood at the base of a cracked basalt staircase that wound toward the volcanic summit, her mark glowing with golden light under her skin.Beside her, Aiden adjusted the straps of his pack, eyes narrowed against the swirling soot. “This is the place. The first Guardian sleeps in the heart of the fire.”Behind them, Lyra tugged her hood tighter, her face etched with determination and remorse. “Fire consumes or forges. Let’s hope we’re worthy of the latter.”Scene 1: The Ascent BeginsThe trio began their climb. The path was steep and littered with jagged stone. Heat radiated from cracks in the earth, casting a pulsing red light that danced on their faces. As they ascended, ghostly whispers drifted through the smoke.“Voices,” Iris murmured, pausing to glance back. “Do you hear them?”Aiden nodded

• THE LUNA REBIRTH: REVENGE UNDER THE MOON   Chapter 116: The Echoes of the Hallow Throne

  The climb from the catacombs was long, and each step seemed to echo with the memory of the dead. Iris felt them—whispers of forgotten voices clinging to her soul, slipping through the cracks of her resolve like fingers of shadow. The cold stone under her boots carried weight, each step a reminder of how far she had come and how much further there was to go.Aiden said nothing. He walked beside her, his movements purposeful and vigilant, the sharp line of his jaw clenched in quiet concern. His hand never strayed far from the hilt of his sword, and his gaze flicked constantly to the shadows. The Temple had changed them both. But it had carved something deeper into Iris—a sense that destiny was no longer creeping toward her. It was sprinting.When they finally breached the ravine’s mouth, the sky had darkened unnaturally. A dull twilight lay draped over the land, despite the sun having risen hours ago. The forest looked warped beneath the half-light, and the air hung still, charged with

• THE LUNA REBIRTH: REVENGE UNDER THE MOON   Chapter 115: The Wolf with no Face

  The first rays of dawn spilled over the ridgeline, casting a cold light on the camp. Wind stirred through the trees like a warning, curling smoke from their dying fire.Iris awoke with a gasp, the voice of the Moon Goddess echoing through her mind: "It has marked your son."She sat up abruptly, heart pounding. Her breath steamed in the cold air. Across from her, Elian lay curled in a wool blanket, face pale, his body faintly glowing from the aftershock of power he'd barely controlled the night before.Footsteps crunched on the frost-hardened soil. Aiden approached and knelt beside her.“You were dreaming again,” he said, brushing a strand of hair from her face.Iris nodded slowly. “The Goddess showed me something... a wolf. Not like the Hollow Wind. Bigger. Worse. Hollow eyes. No face. A monster that shouldn’t exist.”Aiden’s expression darkened. “Do you think it’s the real threat behind all of this?”“Yes,” Iris whispered. “The Hollow Wind was just a servant. This... this thing—it’s