The Pack Wanted A Bride, The Moon Wanted Revenge.
It pulsed with a dark light, a heartbeat, a rhythm that matched my own.
"The heart," I whispered.
I approached the door. The shadows grew closer, their whispers filling the air.
"Turn back."
"You do not belong here."
"You will be lost."
"You will never return."
I ignored them. I placed my hand on the door, and it opened.
Beyond the door, there was a chamber.
It was vast, filled with pillars of obsidian. In the center, on a pedestal of bone, there was a heart. It was black, pulsing with dark light, beating with a rhythm that was not quite human.