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CHAPTER 21 — What the Moon Sees

Author: Maia Ward
last update publish date: 2026-02-08 04:46:53
I did not sleep after the ring emptied.

I lay awake in the dark, staring at the ceiling, my body still buzzing from what I had done. My teeth ached. My jaw felt tight, like it had remembered something old and violent. Every time I closed my eyes, I still tasted Derek’s blood in my mouth.

Not fear. No regret.

Recognition.

That scared me more than anything.

When sleep finally came, it did not come gently.

I was standing in a forest that did not belong to any land I knew. The trees were enormous, t
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