The Luna Rebirth

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hough they belonged to someone else. The last thing I remembered was the sharp pain of poison coursing throug

brushing against the rough texture of dirt and roots. A groan escaped my lips, the sound unfamiliar to my own

perative. Glancing down, I froze. These weren't my hands-smaller, calloused, with faint scars criss

finished ye

at made my chest ache. The Moon Goddess. She had done thi

, rejected. Her pain tangled with mine, a storm of anguish and fury. She had been cast out, deemed unwor

t was a beginning. The Moon Goddess didn't grant second chances lightly. If she

, and I leaned against a tree for balance. Hunger clawed at my stomach, but the urgenc

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mourn me, or was my death celebrated? Did Kieran-no. My jaw clenched. He didn't

spiral. My senses sharpened, heart

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w, the usual unease of the forest pressing against me. But this was different. T

or the others to stay back, moving silently through the underbrus

at kept me from dismissing her outright. The way she stood, the se

?" My voice cut through

hit me like a physical blow. Blue-green, bright and haunting, they s

e said, her voice steady despite

into pack lands without a reason, and this one had

y," I said, stepping closer.

ing her chin defiantly. "I'll leave if you want, b

ve themselves, but she stood her ground. Something about her wa

me to get closer, to scent her proper

s your

f something unreadable cro

studied her for a moment longer before stepping aside. "Y

almost forming a sm

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didn't recognize me. I'd half-expected him to, despite knowing it was impossible. This

wound. My heart ached, but I pushed the emotio

of familiar wolves hit me like a punch to the gut. Memories surged-laughter,

every step measured. The wolves who noticed us eye

e doing here?"

perate," ano

ad of me, his broad shoulders tense, his head held high. He hadn't change

. "You'll stay in the holding cells unt

back now would only raise suspicions. I needed time t

his eyes narrowing slightly. Then he turned and

I wasn't here to stay. I was here to uncover the