Judy gasped as shadows burst from the mountain itself, twisting through the air like living smoke before slowly coiling around her body. For a moment she felt invincible and stronger than she had ever been. At first she welcomed the power flooding her veins, hot and intoxicating. She could feel herself growing stronger, greater. Ferrivor roared somewhere below the mountain, as if sensing the change. “Now Judy Bloodfang, do you open yourself willingly to me?” Lupus Tenebris asked. “Yes.” She whispered. “Say it!” “I open myself to you willingly Lupus Tenebris.” “Recite these words,” he ordered. “By fang, moon, and darkness eternal. By blood and shadow, I call upon the ancient bond to be broken. Darkness and light, stone and sea, accept my sacrifice!” The word sacrifice jolted Judy, before she could react, the mountain shook violently, then pain exploded through her chest. She gasped. Something was wrong. The shadows were no longer circling her, they were ent
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