Bound By The Moon

creature's form was blurred at the edges, flickering between solidity and mist, its presence exuding an unn

is claws fully extended, his body tense

l, but his gaze remained locked onto the entity. "

ven with malice. "You play your parts w

her magic pulsing beneath h

. "You are the key. You have always

uld react, the S

ed, retreating for a fraction of a second before reforming. Adrian uttered a spell, a blinding arc of silver light shooting

nside her. Words she didn't recognize spilled from her lips, glowing sigils forming in the air. The

, its shape contorting before it s

Lucian's heavy breathing and the

hair, his face grim. "It was

her heart pounding. "T

d on the space where the Shadowborn

"And testing

y. No more waiting, no more running. If they're

s presence an anchor. "Yo

nt but genuine. "For o

thin her-the moment she had stopped being a

done bei

had trul