Se connecterShe looked exactly like me.Same face.Same eyes.Same scar beneath my left eyebrow.Even the small mark on my wrist was there.But she wasn't wearing my clothes.She wore a long black dress covered in silver symbols, and her white hair fell around her shoulders like snow.Draven stepped in front of me.“Who are you?”The woman smiled.“You already know.”I stared at her.“No.”She tilted her head.“Don't you?”Something inside me twisted.I knew her.Not from this life.From somewhere deeper.A memory surfaced.A girl standing in a burning village.A girl holding Moonfang.A girl looking at Draven.A girl who looked exactly like me.I whispered,“You're me.”Her smile widened.“I was.”Draven tightened his grip on my hand.“What does that mean?”The woman looked at him.“You're still protecting her.”“Of course I am.”She laughed softly.“Even after all these lives.”Draven froze.“You remember?”“I remember everything.”She stepped closer.“I remember when you first loved her.”Her
The world exploded.There was no sound.No light.For one endless moment, there was only white.Then I heard Draven.“Sera!”His hand was still holding mine.I opened my eyes.We were standing on the silver ground again.But something had changed.The creature was gone.The throne was gone.Even Selene was gone.Only Draven and I remained.I looked down at Moonfang.The blade was different.The silver metal had turned completely black.Thin veins of light moved across its surface like living blood.“What happened?”Draven stared at the sword.“I don't know.”Then the ground beneath us cracked.A voice came from everywhere.“You cannot break the balance.”I looked up.The Moon Goddess appeared above us.Her silver dress floated in the darkness.Her eyes were furious.“You lied to me,” I said.She didn't answer.“You knew about the First Darkness.”“Yes.”“You knew about the first Luna.”“Yes.”“You knew about every life I've lived.”Her silence was enough.I stepped forward.“Why?”The
The darkness swallowed us.There was no falling.No ground beneath my feet.No sound.Just nothing.I couldn't see Draven.Couldn't see Selene.Couldn't even feel my own body.Then—A heartbeat.Thump.Another.Thump.And suddenly, I heard Draven.“Sera!”I reached for his voice.“Draven!”His hand found mine.The moment our fingers touched, light exploded around us.I opened my eyes.We were standing somewhere impossible.There was no sky.No ground.We stood on a vast silver surface surrounded by endless darkness.And in the distance—A throne.Something was sitting on it.I couldn't see its face.Only two enormous white eyes.The creature spoke.“You came.”Draven stepped in front of me.“Who are you?”The creature laughed.The sound shook the entire world.“You ask who I am?”It slowly rose from the throne.It was enormous.Its body was made of shadows, but beneath the shadows were thousands of glowing symbols.“I am what existed before your Moon Goddess.”I tightened my grip on M
The ground split open.Black smoke poured through the cracks, crawling across the stone floor like living shadows.Draven pulled me behind him.The sixth Luna didn't move.She simply stared at the darkness.“Kaelen,” I whispered.A deep laugh answered from beneath us.“You finally understand.”The chamber shook.Something struck the underside of the floor.Once.Twice.On the third impact, the stone shattered.A gigantic black hand burst through.Draven shifted instantly.His black wolf stood between me and the creature.I raised Moonfang.The sixth Luna shouted,“Don't attack!”Draven growled.“Why?”“Because that's not Kaelen.”The hand slowly disappeared into the darkness.Then a voice rose from below.“She remembers.”I tightened my grip.“Who are you?”Silence.Then—“Ask your goddess.”The black mark on my arm burned.I dropped to one knee.Draven immediately caught me.“Sera!”I looked at my palm.The mark had changed.The black circle was no longer empty.A tiny silver eye had
The painting continued to burn.But the woman inside it did not.She stood calmly in the flames, staring directly at me.At us.At Draven.Her lips moved.“Come alone.”Then the painting went black.The fire disappeared.Silence returned to the cave.I turned toward Selene.“What did she mean?”Selene didn't answer.“Selene.”She looked at me.“She is not dead.”My heart stopped.“You said all six died.”“I said they died.”“That isn't the same thing.”Selene lowered her eyes.“No.”Draven stepped toward her.“Where is she?”Selene hesitated.“I don't know.”“You're lying.”“I am protecting her.”“From what?”Selene looked at my black mark.“From you.”Draven's expression darkened.I stepped between them.“Enough.”I turned toward Selene.“Tell me everything.”Selene sighed.“The sixth Luna was different.”“How?”“She remembered everything before she died.”My skin prickled.“Everything?”“All six lives.”I stared at the burned painting.“What did she do?”“She tried to break the cycl
The mountains grew colder with every step.I pulled my cloak tighter around my shoulders as Draven walked beside me. Neither of us had spoken for nearly an hour.The black mark on my palm burned beneath the fabric.Not like fire.Like something alive.Something that knew I was afraid.Draven noticed me staring at my hand.“Does it hurt?”“A little.”He stopped walking.I stopped too.His golden eyes settled on mine.“Let me see.”I hesitated before extending my hand.He gently took it.The moment his fingers touched my palm, the burning disappeared.For a few seconds, everything was quiet.Then the mark pulsed.Draven's expression hardened.“It reacted to me.”“I noticed.”His thumb moved carefully across my wrist.“If it tries to hurt you again—”“You'll fight a goddess?”“Yes.”The answer came without hesitation.I almost smiled.“You can't fight everything for me, Draven.”“I know.”He lifted his eyes to mine.“But I can stand beside you while you fight.”My chest tightened.That w







