His Broken Vow
Marcus repeated, “So help me, Great One.”
The Elders murmured their approval and signaled for the final step. An older Elder stepped forward, his expression severe. He grabbed Marcus’ palm and sliced it open with a sharp ceremonial dagger, then did the same to Alpha Cyrus. Their bleeding hands were pressed together over a bowl, droplets of their mixed blood falling into the sacred vessel.
The Elder began chanting, his voice deep:
"By the blood of the old, the blood of the new,
The strength of the moon, the call of the true,
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