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Thor
air cold against the thin fabric of my ceremonial robe. My hea
Eleonora whispered beside me, her hand a frail bu
eak. I had been raised on those wor
ed in a dark cloak that swallowed the moonlight. His presence was a physical weight, an oppressive f
voice was devoid of warmth as she recited the terms of the alliance. "A
nd, both terrified and awed by the shee
cut on my palm with a silver ritual knife. A
onora urg
nds outstretched. The moment our bloodied palms touched, a jolt of pure energy, of *sparks*,
cast it in complete darkness. All I could see were his eyes, a pair of
Moon Goddess statue. A faint, shimmering thread took roo
he dropped my hand. The warmth vanish
into my other hand. It was an obsidian crest, carved wit
p nod. It wasn't a greeting or a farewe
the shadows from which he came, as
e, a hollow ache spreading through my c
," Eleonora said, her voice gentle but firm, pullin
shed every ounce of disappointment and fear down, buryi
ng mark. It was an incomplete bond, a political contract written in blo
new, fragile thread in my soul, seekin
ly a wall of silent
t would take me to my new home, my new pack. I c
leonora," I had told her before I le
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