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Chapter 25: Rise of the Luna

Author: Bluey
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-04 23:19:52

ARIA'S POV

The forest blew with me.

I felt it with every breath—as it hit the bush alive and consciously. Twilight intensified around me, enveloping the shady trees that stretched like fingers to the moldy earth. The air brought that sacred silence that wounded his skin and silenced his heart; everything was waiting, even the wind held its breath.

I was in the middle of the forest, pushing my bare feet to the ground as if I could anchor my heartbeat down. Wolves have gathered around me: some in human form, others in their natural state. Their eyes reflected the light of the silver moon as if the stars had landed between us.

But they weren't alone.

They were here: the elders, the guardians of the earth, the spirits, intertwined with roots and rivers, memories and myths. I felt them at the edges of the cleaning, floating in this space between shape and deformation. Some took the form of creatures submerged in shells and starlight, others moved like fog. They weren’t strangers. Somehow,
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