The Lycan King’s Broken Mate
she says, and her voice is not a question but a decision.
Lunathiel nods. “Together.” She lays her hand upon her chest, and as she rises, the light pulsing around her begins to grow. “Moonlight and blood unite. My son has been seized by the shadow, but my daughter and her child will bring him back.” Her voice is no longer human now; the goddess speaks through her. “The child of shadow cannot remain in shadow forever.”
Outside, beyond the hall’s walls, the wind stirs the banners, and the Moon’s light breaks through the clouds. It floods the ruins, the dead, the healers at work, and all that remains of this long, bloody day.