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The Third Mother

Penulis: Elmielos
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-19 00:27:58

Brynn Hollis' POV

The locket led us to the valley.

Not the Moonshadow ruins—somewhere deeper, hidden between mountains that didn't appear on any map. Morwen guided us, following a trail she'd walked only once, decades ago.

"The third mother," she said. "Selene wasn't the only one. The Shepherd wasn't the only one. There was another. The one who started everything."

I rode beside her, Dax on my other side. Farrah and Lyssa scouted ahead.

"Who was she?"

"Her name was Seraphina. She was the first
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