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THE SHATTERED CIRCLE

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There was silence in Vireya.

Not peace—just the absence of sound. The kind of silence that settles after something sacred breaks. After trust splinters. After the balance tips… and does not return.

The Circle of Tethers was shattered.

And no one knew what would come next.

---

Selene hadn’t spoken in two days.

She sat in the star chamber with Elira pressed against her chest, rocking slowly, whispering lullabies to fill the emptiness in her heart. The child glowed faintly in her arms, her soft hums echoing through the glass dome like lost music.

Kael watched from the doorway.

He hadn’t spoken either.

Because there were no words for what they’d seen.

For what their son had done.

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Theron hadn't spoken since the ritual.

He no longer played.

No longer smiled.

He sat in silence on the edge of the garden cliff, overlooking the sea, his fingers threading ash through his hands like it was sand. The fire in his eyes dimmed—but didn’t die. It smoldered.

Beneath the skin.

Within the blood.

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    The wind was no longer whispering.It howled.Twisting through the valley like an ancient song remembered by the trees and the bones of the earth. The sky was a deep bruised gray, not stormy—but waiting. A stillness crept over the land, like breath held before a scream.Elira stood in the heart of the camp, her arms bare, the rune-ring tight on her finger. Around her, the wards pulsed faintly, responding to the strange weight in the air. The wolves moved quietly today, their laughter muted, their shoulders tense. Even the youngest ones sensed something stirring beyond the veil.Theron appeared beside her, clad in dark armor softened with a cloak of silver-threaded linen. His eyes weren’t restless—they were steady, too steady, like someone forcing calm to protect those around him.“He’s building power,” he said softly. “I can feel it from the earth. The roots are trembling.”“I know,” Elira replied. “I dream of him now. Not nightmares. Visions.”He turned toward her. “What do they show

  • MOONBOUND DESIRE    ECHOES IN THE EARTH

    The first tremor came at dawn.Soft at first—just a shifting beneath the soil, subtle enough that most thought it nothing more than the land settling after the ritual. But Elira knew better.She stood at the edge of the high ridge, watching the mist crawl through the trees, her hand unconsciously resting on the rune-ring Theron had given her. Beneath her feet, the pulse came again. Fainter this time, but persistent.It wasn’t over.Not really.They had closed the Gate. They had burned the tower. But some echoes refuse to fade.Behind her, the camp slowly stirred. Morning cookfires sparked to life. The younger wolves began their patrols, their footsteps soft and careful along the warded paths. Selene was already at the eastern edge of the perimeter, her shadow a quiet sentinel among the branches.And Theron… she could feel him approaching before she heard his steps.“You felt it too,” he said as he came up beside her.She nodded. “Something’s still moving. Beneath us.”He glanced at th

  • MOONBOUND DESIRE    ASHES AND OATHS

    The forest was quiet again.Too quiet.Birdsong had not yet returned, and the wind moved the trees in heavy, exhausted sighs. Everything bore the weight of what had transpired—like the land itself was recovering from a wound.Elira stood barefoot near the altar, her cloak discarded, her hair tangled with dried leaves and stardust. Her palms still burned with faint residual heat from the tower’s destruction. The anchor’s core had exploded in their hands, severing the breach—but not without consequence.A tremor still lived in her bones.Theron stood beside her, his mark dimmed but steady. He hadn’t spoken much since their return. Neither had she. There was something sacred in the silence between them, as though speaking too soon might shatter the fragile veil of peace clinging to the camp.They had survived.But something had been left behind.Kael limped into the clearing, his left leg bound in bloodied fabric. Selene was at his side, her bow slung over her back. Her eyes were tired,

  • MOONBOUND DESIRE    WHEN SHADOWS MARCH

    The air split.No scream, no thunder—only the sound of reality tearing at its seams as the Gate flared open in the heart of the clearing. The ritual markings surrounding Elira and Theron burned with silver fire, casting long, dancing shadows across the clearing. Above them, the blood moon throbbed like a second heartbeat. And beyond the shimmering veil, the first Hollow-Blooded emerged.It was not a creature.It was a wound.A form stitched from smoke, hunger, and hollow light, with no face and too many voices. It slithered rather than walked, limbs coalescing and fading with each step. The protective barrier pulsed in warning as it neared.Elira's breath caught. She reached for Theron’s hand instinctively, her fingers tightening around his.“Ready?” she whispered.He didn’t need to speak. His grip answered her.Behind them, Selene stood with her bow drawn, silver-tipped arrows glowing with moonlight. Kael flanked her, his twin blades already humming in his grip. Rowan circled behind,

  • MOONBOUND DESIRE    THE GATHERING STORM

    The red moon hung in the sky like a warning—bloated and heavy, casting a violent hue over the treetops. It had only just risen, yet the air already pulsed with unease. Elira could feel it in her bones, in the tremble of the leaves, in the echo of her heartbeat.They had returned from the Realm Beyond not empty-handed, but changed. Empowered. Marked. And with their return came consequence.The world was shifting.And not in their favor.---“The Gate didn’t close behind you,” Naeria murmured, her eyes scanning the space where the shimmering portal had once hovered. “It fractured.”Elira stood nearby, her arms crossed, gaze on the trees. “What does that mean?”Theron answered for Naeria, his voice low. “It means it’s still open. Not visible. Not here. But somewhere.”Selene’s eyes darkened. “And anyone—or anything—can step through?”Naeria nodded slowly. “The fabric between realms has thinned. What you did woke more than just star energy. It woke old debts. Old monsters.”Kael gripped t

  • MOONBOUND DESIRE    THE REALM BEYOND

    The moment they passed through the Gate, everything changed.Light and shadow twisted around Elira and Theron in spiraling ribbons, neither warm nor cold, neither matter nor magic. It was as though time had paused—or had never started to begin with. For a heartbeat, they floated between worlds.Then they fell.Not far.But far enough.They landed on ground that didn’t feel like earth. It was soft beneath their boots—almost like velvet moss—and glowed faintly in shades of silver and indigo. Above them, the sky was not black but a swirling ocean of stars, so close they felt they could breathe them in.Theron straightened first, his hand instinctively reaching for Elira.She took it, gripping tightly.They were not alone.---The realm stretched endlessly before them—rolling fields of starlit grasses, obsidian trees whose leaves chimed like bells, and hills that pulsed with a rhythm like breathing.But no sun. No moon.Only presence.They moved forward slowly, the path unfolding under th

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