The moon was being devoured.Not all at once not a dramatic eclipse that mortals would gather to watch in frightened awe but slowly, deliberately, as if something vast and patient were taking measured bites from its light. A darkness crept across its surface, feathered at the edges like ink bleeding into water.Seraphine felt every fraction of it.The moon was no longer just a celestial body to her. It was anchor, prison, heartbeat. Its weakening tore through her like a blade drawn along exposed nerves.She staggered, catching herself on the trunk of a silver-lit tree as the realm lurched.“What is that?” she demanded, voice strained.Caelum did not look surprised.“They’ve begun,” he said quietly.A tremor ripped through the Veil, stronger than any before. Cracks of dull gray spread across the luminous boundary, leeching color from the forest as they passed. The glowing leaves overhead dimmed to a sickly pallor.Seraphine forced herself upright, fury burning through the pain.“Fix i
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