LyraThe forest was dying.Smoke coiled through the shattered trees like ghosts, the scent of char and blood thick in the air. The moon, our moon, hung low and red now, its glow dim behind a veil of storm. I could barely stand, one hand pressed against my ribs where Morwein’s last strike had torn through me. My blood shimmered faintly with magic, dripping onto the earth in slow, stubborn beats.Every step I took burned. Every breath was a battle. But I couldn’t stop. Not now.I could feel her, Morwein, through the air, her magic pulsing like a diseased heart somewhere deep in the clearing ahead. The trees had blackened where she had passed, leaves turned to ash, the soil itself poisoned. She was close. Too close.Behind me, I heard faint howls, my people fighting, still holding the borders, still believing in me. I clenched my fists and whispered a hoarse prayer.“Goddess of the Moon, keeper of light and shadow, I call upon you now. Not for glory, not for vengeance… but for strength.
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