“I’ll trade my life,” Lila gasped as the void solidified around her again, shimmering like broken ice. Her legs barely supported her weight, but she stood, trembling. “Take me. Let them live—Jake, Lucas—let them both live. I don’t care what happens to me. I won’t fight it. Just... just let them go.”The Moon Goddess stood across from her now, her form more defined than before—tall, draped in silver shadow, eyes like eclipses. A slow smile spread across her ageless face, and it was the cruelest thing Lila had ever seen.“Anything?” the goddess purred, head tilting.Lila nodded at once, broken but resolute. “Anything.”The goddess stepped closer, her footsteps rippling the ground like dropped stones in a still lake. She circled Lila, fingers ghosting through the air with every pass.“Anything,” she repeated softly, her tone like silk wrapping around a blade. “Such a fragile, foolish word. Do you even understand what it means?”Lila’s breath hitched, but she stood her ground. “Yes. I do
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