Mark by Destiny.
“My lost child bore this mark too. But hers… hers was faint, so faint I feared it meant nothing. Yet here you stand, with the crescent burning bold upon your skin…”
Her voice broke entirely, and she pulled Liora into her arms, clutching her tightly as if she could never let go.
Liora froze, her heart racing, overwhelmed by the weight of all their stares. She wanted to cry, to scream, to deny it all. But more than anything, she wanted to understand.
What does this mean? Who am I really?
Alpha Dean’s voice cut through the silence, steady but heavy with meaning.
“Liora,” he said, eyes locked on hers. “That mark makes you more than just a girl who was wronged, more than just a lost child. It mak