Mark by Destiny.
***The dream came again.
the crescent moon blazed in fire, hanging low against an endless night sky. Its curved edges dripped sparks that felt like burning embers into the void, hissing as though landing on unseen water. Around her, a thousand whispers rose, voices that were both hers and not hers, calling, chanting, echoing like drums across the heavens.
"Liora… Liora… the chosen…"
She reached upward, her hand trembling. The firelight reflected in her wide eyes as the burning crescent pulsed brighter, searing, alive. It leaned down to her, lowering like a branding iron, and before she could run, it stamped itself onto her arm.