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Moonlit Secrets

Chapter 5 Shadows Unbound

Word Count: 1029    |    Released on: 12/01/2025

our silhouettes bathed in the faint glow of the locket on the altar. The world aro

with a steady voice, despite the

r of its silver light reflecting in his eyes. When he finally spoke, his voice was

reached for Rowan's arm. He turned toward me, his expression raw and conflicted,

said softly, his voice heavy with guilt. "I've put

defiance. "Don't you dare act like this is just on you. I'm not some damsel you need to save, Rowan. I c

wing as if he couldn't believe the

? When I'm so close to the truth?" I shook my head. "I've spent my life running from things I don't

s face. He was silent for a long moment, and I could feel the intensi

rve," he murmured finally,

ant scream broke the silence. My head whipp

trying to overcome the rus

hand resting instinctively on the small b

he could move. "Then let'

dmiration and frustration. "You're relentless," he muttere

der and more anguished with each step. The trees closed in a

n and her body trembling. Strange, jagged marks snaked up her arms, glowi

r voice barely a whisper. "Th

my heart pounding as I scanned the surrounding forest. I could f

?" I asked, my voice

n. His expression darkened. "This... this isn't from the wolve

d-curdling scream. Her body convulsed violently,

pened into something inhuman. "You've awakened me," the voi

s faint glow growing brighter as I stepped fo

you?" I

r face. "You'll know soon enough," the voice replied. "The second key will show you

nocking Rowan and I to the ground. When we scrambled back to our feet, th

ath came in ragged gasps. I turned to R

," I said. "We

pale. "Evelyn, you don't un

and I reached out to touch his face, my fingers grazing his jaw. "Bu

, it felt as though the weight of the world had lifted,

" he murmured, his vo

faint smile. "You don'

to shift. The shadows grew darker, the air colder. A faint whisp

epths

oser to me, his hand brushing against mine

as my heart raced. Then I met his

lidifying even as the darkness closed in around u

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1 Chapter 1 Shadows at Dusk2 Chapter 2 A Whisper in the Dark3 Chapter 3 Secrets of the Silver Moon4 Chapter 4 The Edge of Truth5 Chapter 5 Shadows Unbound6 Chapter 6 Beneath the Silver Veil7 Chapter 7 A Howl in the Darkness8 Chapter 8 The Ties That Bind9 Chapter 9 Shattered Truths10 Chapter 10 The Shadow's Gambit11 Chapter 11 Into the Abyss12 Chapter 12 Awakened13 Chapter 13 The Key14 Chapter 14 A Fate Sealed in Blood15 Chapter 15 Fire and Moonlight16 Chapter 16 Bound by Fate17 Chapter 17 Shadows Of Reckoning18 Chapter 18 Whispers of Destiny19 Chapter 19 Convergence of Fates20 Chapter 20 Echoes of Home21 Chapter 21 The Fire Within22 Chapter 22 Shadows of Retribution23 Chapter 23 Edge of Destiny24 Chapter 24 Whispers of the Shadow25 Chapter 25 The Key to the Veil26 Chapter 26 A Trail of Ghosts27 Chapter 27 The Price of Truth28 Chapter 28 The Gathering Storm29 Chapter 29 Into the Hollow30 Chapter 30 The Calm Before the Storm31 Chapter 31 Bloodlines and Betrayals32 Chapter 32 Into the Unknown33 Chapter 33 Echoes of Lies34 Chapter 34 Fault Lines35 Chapter 35 The Threshold36 Chapter 36 Echoes of the Spire37 Chapter 37 The Binding Altar38 Chapter 38 The Forgotten Rise39 Chapter 39 Blood of the Moonborn40 Chapter 40 The Howl Beneath the Skin41 Chapter 41 Beneath the Moon's Warning42 Chapter 42 The Ashes Between Us43 Chapter 43 The Hollow Road44 Chapter 44 Ashes of the Past45 Chapter 45 The Scar Beneath the Light46 Chapter 46 Ashra's Warning47 Chapter 47 The Echo Between Us48 Chapter 48 The Blood That Binds