The Rejected Blood Moon
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The Forgotten Song
In the city once called Lunareth,
the Heartfire still burned.
But few remembered why.
The temple had become a monument—
a relic of an older age.
Priests tended the flame now,
but their prayers were empty,
their songs mechanical.
They recited words from books
whose meanings had long been lost.
> “Lyra of Light, Kaenor of Flame,
guide us through shadow, guard us from shame.”
The words were beautiful,
but hollow.
And yet,
some nights,
when the moon turned faintly red,
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