Lahat ng Kabanata ng Betrayal under the wolf’s moon: Kabanata 101 - Kabanata 110

My lips parted. “Who are you?”She tilted her head. “You already know.”True to her words, somewhere deep in me… I did.The words came out slowly. “You’re the child… the one from the vision. The child of dusk and dawn.”She nodded once.I swallowed. “What does that mean?”She stepped closer. “I was born of two fading lights. One that dies each morning. One that disappears each night.”I frowned. “Sun and moon?”She gave a small shrug. “Something like that.”Her voice was gentle, but not soft. It held weight and depth, as if she was far older than she looked.“You don’t belong to this world,” I whispered.“Neither do you.”That made me take a step back.Her eyes didn’t follow me. Instead, she reached out and pressed a hand to the air, where a strange rune appeared, glowing gold and silver.“This path will find you again,” she said. “When you’re ready.”“For what?” I asked.“To face the end.”My throat tightened. “You mean Alexa.”She smiled again. This time, sad. “You can’t win alone,

A few moments later, Nathan, Luca and I stood around the table, the book laid open between us. I traced the glowing mark on the page.“She’s here,” I said.“That far east?” Nathan asked. “That’s dangerous terrain.”“Exactly why she’s hidden there,” I replied. “I think she’s been waiting for this moment, for us to be ready.”“More like for you to be ready." Luca said, staring at the map, his jaw tight. “We better not waste any more time then.”I rolled the page gently back into the cover, the glow fading but not gone.“Pack light,” I told them, my voice firmer than I felt. “We leave in an hour.”“Well then,” Nathan who had been quiet, muttered. “Guess we’re going on another trip.”And just like that, the next chapter of my fate began.We gathered quickly.It wasn’t like before. This time, there was no rush, and no panic. The air was just filled with quiet purpose. The kind that grows after too many close calls and not enough answers. We didn’t say much while we packed. Only the rustle

The world opened wide beneath us suddenly. A valley hidden between towering ridges, tucked so deep it was no wonder no one had found it. The grass shimmered faintly, it wasn't green but something deeper, something more alive. The wind that swept up from below was warm, carrying the scent of an aura sweet and ancient.The sun was still rising behind us, but here, in this hollow, it looked like it had already touched noon. Clouds moved differently in the sky, and the trees whispered, even without wind.It was like a secret, waiting.Nathan sat up and stared. “Is that... real?”Luca stood quietly, his eyes tracing the line where shadow kissed sunlight. “Feels like we’re not supposed to be here.”I didn’t answer them. I stepped forward, slow and quiet, like I might scare the valley away.The book at my hip pulsed once, then stilled.“It’s here,” I whispered. “She’s here.”Luca turned to me. “How do you know?”I placed a hand over the leather cover of the book. It was warm now. “The path br

MIRA’S POVThe grass was warm beneath my feet, though the sun barely touched the valley. Morning dew clung to every petal, catching the faint light in ways that made even silence feel alive.Lira sat cross-legged in the center of the clearing, her silver-lined cloak pooling around her like mist. She was impossibly calm, always. As if the world bent to her rhythm.“You’re staring,” she said, smirking without looking up.“You talk like we’ve known each other for years.”She opened her eyes, tilting her head. “Maybe we have.”I didn’t press that. With Lira, time was slippery.“Alright,” she said, patting the ground in front of her. “Come here, Mirror.”“Will you stop calling me that?”“No. It’s what you are.” Her smile softened. “You reflect, you refract, and soon... you'll pierce through what binds you.”I sat down, eyeing her with suspicion and curiosity. “You said yesterday that I had abilities you could help me unlock. What exactly are we talking about?”She leaned forward, eyes glow

How was she up already? The sun hadn't even risen properly.Probably chasing time threads or pulling light from dew like she said she could. The fire was cold now, ash soft and white in the center.I pushed myself up with a grunt.Luca was crouched near the stream, splashing water on his face. Nathan leaned against a tree with a piece of dried meat between his teeth, arms crossed like he’d been thinking too much again.He saw me stir and nodded toward the tree line. “Hey, Mira. Come here for a sec?”I rubbed sleep from my eyes. “What now?”“Just a minute,” Luca added, rising to join him. “Before Lira comes back and turns you into a glowing mirror-weapon again.”I snorted despite myself. “Are you jealous?”He smirked, but didn’t answer.I followed them a few steps out of camp, to a flat patch between moss-covered stones. The air was cool here, shadows stretched long even in morning light.Nathan scratched the back of his neck. “We just wanted to… talk, before you disappeared again.”“I