Semua Bab Blood and moonlight : Bab 21 - Bab 28

The night was quiet, but the air held a strange charge—as if the stars were holding their breath.Ava sat beside Achi, her eyes fixed on the wound stretching across his side. Crimson soaked through the bandages Marcus had wrapped, and despite his hybrid blood, the injury hadn’t closed. Her fingers trembled as she reached out, gently brushing the edge of the cloth.“Where did you get this?” she asked, her voice low, uncertain.Achi didn’t flinch. “I fought with the beasts,” he said. “Their blades weren’t ordinary. They cut deeper… like they were made to remember.”Ava frowned. “But you’re not supposed to bleed like this.”“They were old. Cursed, maybe. Their metal stung like it knew what I was.”Something twisted in her chest—fear, yes, but something else too. A knowing.Without another word, she unsheathed a dagger from her side, pricked her thumb, and let her blood fall into the open wound.It hissed.And then—Her world shifted.The firelight vanished. The earth beneath her feet dis

As they drew nearer to Achi’s pack territory, the air thickened—not just with tension, but with something Ava couldn’t name. Magic, perhaps. Or fate. The path wound deeper into the forest, and Ava found herself inching closer to Achi, questions burning in her chest.“Achi…” she said softly.He glanced at her. “Yeah?”“Can I ask you something?”“Of course.”She hesitated, her eyes fixed on the trees instead of him. “How long have you known?”Achi didn’t respond right away. The silence between them stretched like a taut string. When he finally spoke, his voice was low, almost reverent.“Since I was thirteen,” he said. “The dreams started then. Visions of you—always you. A voice told me we were bound. That we were the beginning of something the world feared.”Ava’s breath caught in her throat. She turned to look at him, but before she could say anything, Marcus’s voice interrupted the moment.“Well, well, well… we’re here,” he said, drawing their attention forward.The trees opened into

Ava took a step back, her heart hammering against her ribs. “Unite… what does that mean? What happens to me?”Velkharon’s gaze never wavered. “When the dusk meets the twin blood fully—vampire and wolf—you will either bring balance… or burn everything.”The room fell into stunned silence.Achi’s hand found hers, gripping tightly. “She’s not ready for that.”“None of you are,” Velkharon replied. “But time no longer waits.”The seer’s eyes were clouded now, her body trembling. “This is why you came, Ava. The vision… your mother… it was to prepare you.”“You must choose,” Velkharon said, his voice like a fading storm. “Hide behind the coven’s lies, or embrace the truth of what you are.”Ava stared at him, her breath shallow. Her voice came barely above a whisper: “And what am I?”Velkharon smiled—not with kindness, but with awe.“You are the one born of fire and night. The gods marked your blood to destroy or to redeem. You are… the reckoning.”And with that, he faded—his form scattering

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Countdown to the Day of the Blood MoonThe air grew heavier with each passing hour, as though the world itself was bracing for something unnatural. Ever since the gods’ messenger appeared, the countdown had begun—seven days until the Day of the Blood Moon.Seven days to prepare. Seven days to survive.Ava sat beneath the twisted elder tree outside the sanctuary, the bark behind her pulsing faintly as if aware of her presence. The wind was sharp, slicing through the night with whispers. Her fingers traced the mark on her wrist—ever since she mixed her blood with Achi’s, the mark had darkened, a signal that something ancient had awakened.Across the clearing, Achi moved like a shadow, his form flickering between wolf and man. Each shift was getting harder to control. The power in his blood—once a secret—now surged through him without mercy.“We’re changing too fast,” Ava murmured, more to herself than anyone.Marcus stepped out of the shadows, holding his ancient j