The Werewolf's Bride
Blood welled, bright red, human red.
Darius hissed, recoiling as though burned.
The runes on the walls flared again, crimson to silver to white-hot.
The tome on the altar burst into flame, not consuming pages, but illuminating them in stark relief.
Words appeared, new words, hidden until blood touched the stone:
The bridge bleeds willingly. The chain breaks only to re-forge stronger.
Darius’s eyes widened.
Elara clutched her bleeding hand to Kael’s wounded arm, pressing palm to wound.