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CHAPTER 44

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THE BLOOD MOON RETURNS

“The end of prophecy wasn’t an ending at all. It was an opening.”

The sky had no right to be red. And yet it was.

As if the gods themselves had reopened their wounds and bled into the heavens. No storm. No fire. No explosion. Just a silent, seeping crimson dome covering the world.

Elara stood in the tower window, barefoot, dressed only in a thin linen tunic as the wind bit her skin. But she couldn’t move. Couldn’t speak. Couldn’t think past the thrumming.

It pulsed beneat
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