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Chapter #50 - The Path That Doesn't Want To Be Found

Author: Rayne Sharp
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-22 11:47:06

( Elara’s POV )

Willowmere should not have existed on any map.

Not in the old star, charts.

Not in the lunar archives Silas kept meticulously sorted.

Not in the bloodline histories Riven memorized like scripture.

And definitely not in the shadows Kyren could twist and read like ink.

But the moment I said its name aloud, the ruins shifted.

Not physically but magically.

A subtle groan of old stone, like the entire place was inhaling.

Ashen’s hand drifted to the small of my back, warm and steady. “The place is reacting. To you.”

I swallowed. “To the Moon Pact.”

“No,” he said softly. “To you.”

The bond pulsed with a quiet agreement from all four.

Kyren stepped into the center of the faded crescent carved into the floor. Shadows rippled outward at his feet. “Willowmere was the first seat of lunar magic.”

Silas nodded, tracing his fingers over an etched crescent in the wall. “It disappeared after the first Pact fell. Some say by choice. Some say it was swallowed.”

Riven sheathed his blade
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