LUNAR VEIL

quiet, the faint glow of the blood moon barely illuminating the walls. She s

ing fel

r. The main cabin was dim, the dying embers in the fireplace casting flicke

s nowhere

who claimed to be on watch,

skin. The forest was alive with the sounds of nocturnal creat

ing fo

for the dagger at her side. Draven stepped out of th

demanded, her voice sha

e Veil Keepers are moving faster than I ant

d. "Then why did we come

buy t

r wh

e cabin. "For you to decide whether you're r

sking me to fight a war I didn't st

here, whether you want it or not. The Veil Keepers won't stop

ger and fear. She hated feeling powerless, hate

happens to me?" she a

ers do to hybrids. I've seen the lengths they'll go to maintain thei

found none. For the first time, she saw something in

a faint rustling in the t

ad snapping toward the

rned and ran back into the

he hissed. "

s confusion quickly giving

swift and purposeful. He bolted the door

anding. "Eira, take Jonah and head for the back exit. Follo

rmly. "I'm not leaving

htened. "This isn

k I'm going to run

a live wire. Jonah stood awkwardly to

could say another wor

and the room filled with the acrid scent of magic. Draven move

" he

eepers flooded the room. Their weapons glinted i

and pulled him toward the

as he deflected a strike aimed at his chest. He mo

were too ma

rn between fleeing and staying

we hav

ming at her to stay. But Draven's voic

and fled into the night

e blood moon casting eerie shadows on the ground. Eira's m

as still

had left