Blood of the Black Moon
“Blood, Word, Breath. Break any and the stair erases your ascent.”
Taren swallowed. “What happens if the stair erases us?”
“You forget up,” the figure said, almost kindly. “Some prefer that.”
They descended.
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The chamber of Blood was small, round, plain. A bowl cut into the floor collected melt from the ceiling in slow, patient drops. A wafer of ice rested on a plinth beside it. Three channels had been carved there: two whole, one shallow.
Kaelira’s wolf paced. Teeth and ritual, Ardyn said, unimpressed. Pick one.
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