Fated by fire and fortune
Their eyes glowed faintly red, and their teeth were bared in silent anticipation.
Deathborn.
“Defensive circle!” Selene barked.
The Bloodmoon warriors formed a tight ring, weapons drawn.
The Deathborn didn’t charge.
Instead, they parted like a tide.
And from the center stepped a figure wrapped in shadow.
Not Lucian.
But close.
“Alaric,” Selene whispered, recognition tightening her throat.
Lucian’s brother. Once a healer. Now his most feared executioner.
He had the same sharp features, the same crimson eyes—but there was something dead behind them. Something hollow.