Fated by fire and fortune
Behind it lay the Lunaris Blade—a weapon forged by the first Moon Blessed, imbued with the essence of starlight and sorrow.
Selene had never touched it.
Until now.
She whispered the incantation, voice steady.
The runes flared to life.
The door groaned open.
And the chamber beyond seemed to hold its breath.
There, atop a stone pedestal, lay the blade—its hilt wrapped in lunar silk, its edge gleaming faintly as if lit from within. The moment her fingers closed around it, a wave of energy surged up her arm—pain and clarity in equal measure.
Visions danced behind her eyes: fire, fangs, Lucian’s smile twisted in triumph… and a throne of bone rising from ash.