เข้าสู่ระบบOlivia POVThe battle continued fiercely, with both going hard at each other, but I noticed that the woman was more relaxed and at ease, responding to each attack from the man with the needed counterattack.After a while, the woman looked in my direction, muttering some words that I couldn’t understand, but somehow, the meaning embedded itself in my mind.“Watch closely.”The woman continued muttering some strange words in an ancient language, and then the staff in her hands changed to a sword, which she used to cut her palms, producing twelve droplets of blood, each of a different color.From where I stood, I could feel my bloodline resonating with those twelve droplets as if they came from the same source, like a child longing to return to its mother’s embrace or reunite with its own kin.The might of the blood droplets was fearsome and terrifying as the clouds changed immediately, and thunderbolts roared in the sky. The man’s face changed immediately as panic and horror appeared on
Olivia POV I looked around the chamber, and the whole place felt eerie, wrapped in a darkness that pressed against my skin like something physical. The ceiling disappeared into shadow somewhere far above, swallowing whatever light might have reached it. Hundreds of black candles stood around the chamber, their flames burning without producing any warmth. Their flames weren't normal like the real flames I knew. They were blood red. Almost black. In the center of the chamber stood a circular platform covered in ancient symbols. A giant black coffin was suspended mid-air above it, unmoving, as though gravity itself had agreed to leave it alone. Runic chains etched with strange ancient symbols wrapped around the massive coffin, binding it on every side. Looking closer, I saw that some of the chains had already broken, snapped clean through and hanging loose, leaving only a few still intact — and those few looked strained, trembling faintly as if something inside were testing them. A
Olivia POV The whole place stretched farther than it should have.I couldn’t see its end.The darkness ahead seemed to swallow the weak light coming from behind me, inch by inch, until I could no longer tell whether I was walking forward or simply being pulled.I slowed my steps.My breathing became shallower as I remembered Lucy’s warning.The air was poisoned.That meant whoever had prepared this place expected anyone who entered to become weaker with every passing moment.They wanted me vulnerable.They wanted me helpless.Perhaps they thought the moment I realized what was happening, fear would take over and I would start panicking.They were wrong.I had survived worse.I had survived being hated by the people who were supposed to love me.I had survived being rejected by my mate.I had survived being called useless, weak, and worthless.I had even died once.This?This was just another obstacle. I reached for my Moon Magic instinctively. A faint silver glow gathered around
Olivia POV"You can't go in." Alpha Kingsley held my hand. His rough palm gripped me so tightly that I could feel the burn of his determination.I looked into his eyes and wished I never had. They were filled with worry and dread.Like he feared the very thought of losing something very important to him.*Did he really care about me that much?* I asked myself.I pulled my hand out of his grip."Let me go in instead," he offered."You can trust me to save them.""Only the Lady of the Moon Temple is allowed inside," the man said before anyone could say anything else — a devious smirk on his face."I will go," I spoke suddenly."Good."The black-cloaked guy and the man laughed in triumph, like they had just won a major battle."But…" I cut short their laughter. "I need you to let them go once I go in.""Or…"I let the threat hang in the air."Hahahaha."The man laughed."Deal," he said.Turning to Karl, I whispered, "I will be back. You stick to the plan," I instructed."Okay."I turned
Olivia POV“I need to see her,” I demanded.“To confirm she’s fine.”“You don’t get to make the rules, Lady of the Moon Temple,” he scoffed lightly.My fists tightened.“But considering you travelled so far, I would be magnanimous and let you steal a glance,” he said.“If a single hair on her is hurt, I wouldn’t let you off,” I promised.Movement stirred behind the broken pillars. A small, familiar shape was pushed forward into view, her hands bound, a cloth tied over her mouth. Her eyes were wide and searching frantically until they found mine.“Amelia,” I called, fighting back the tears threatening to drop.She looked pale and weak but had no visible injuries, probably from poor nutrition and anxiety. Seeing her like that made something inside me twist painfully.Beside her, another figure—taller, older, clearly Linda’s brother from the family resemblance alone—knelt with his head bowed, barely conscious.My whole body went taut, every instinct screaming at once as I tried to contro
Olivia POV We rode through the night without stopping. The Moon Guardians kept a disciplined formation around me, their horses' hooves falling in near-perfect rhythm against the frozen dirt road. Karl rode just ahead, scanning the tree lines on either side of us with the kind of vigilance that never fully relaxed. Behind us, Kingsley's blood shadow warriors moved like a second shadow stretched across the land, silent and precise. Nobody spoke much. There wasn't much left to say that hadn't already been said, and every one of us understood what waited at the end of this road. Less than a day now. I could feel the deadline pressing against my ribs like a physical weight, tightening with every mile that passed. Somewhere ahead of us, Amelia was counting down the same hours I was, if she was even able to count anything at all anymore. I pushed the thought away before it could take root and grow into something I couldn't ride through. By the time the sky began to lighten at the edges







