The Witch opened the ancient, yellowed grimoire."Let me tell you a story.""Long ago, there was a powerful pack ruled by an Alpha who loved his Luna more than anything. He would have done anything for her. But it was that love — that blind, consuming love — that brought ruin.""The Alpha squandered every last coin in the pack's treasury on gold and jewels just to see his Luna smile. The pack starved. It crumbled. And in the end, a coalition of neighboring packs crushed them.""The surviving members blamed their Alpha and Luna for everything. They bound them to the altar, burned them alive, and cast a curse — that one day, the two would return to this land and pay for their sins in blood."When the story ended, I stood rooted to the spot, unable to move.The dream from that night flooded back — vivid, undeniable.The Witch shook her head with a weary sigh. "This isn't a natural disaster or an enemy's doing. It's a curse.""So I... I was always from this world?"She nodded, then continu
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