The silence after those words felt wrong.Heavy.Like the whole room stopped breathing.I stared at Lennox, waiting for him to laugh it off, to smirk, to become that cold monster again. But he didn’t. He just stood there, eyes dark, jaw tight, body completely still.Afraid.The thought shook me.Lennox Steele feared nothing. Not death. Not war. Not gods. Men whispered his name like a curse because he was the thing monsters feared in the dark.So who… or what… was the Moon Blade?“Get the horses ready,” Lennox ordered sharply.The guard nodded quickly and rushed out.Lennox moved immediately after, grabbing weapons from the wall with fast rough movements. Sword. Gun. Daggers. His face hard again but I could still see it now. The crack in him.“You’re leaving?” I asked quietly.“Yes.”“Then tell me what the Moon Blade is.”“No.”I felt irritation rise instantly. “You keep me trapped here but refuse to tell me anything.”He strapped a blade against his side without even looking at me. “B
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