The Moon's Cursed Healer

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I felt it-the shift in the air, the uns

her power, the one that haunted me in the dark hours of the night, would never come to pass. The ceremo

creeping doubt that had begun to coil around my thoughts. Rhys had gone to oversee the final preparations, ensu

lly, I would be rid of this nuisance. Finally, Lay

essence. She carried the scent of earth and decay, the aroma of things forgotten and buried. She had served my family for years-long before I became Luna. She was t

uld seal Layla'

?" I asked, keeping my voice

It is," she rasped, her voice like the scrape of bone against stone.

ldn't have called f

doubt lingers in you like a sickness. Be careful. The Moon Godde

ng my gaze toward the girl

her shoulders in waves that glowed in the firelight. Even now, in her moment of weak

a fleeting moment, I saw it. Som

fists. Not f

owing heavier, pressing down on us like an unseen weight. The candle flames t

ed slightly, but

ugh the air, coiling around her wrists and ankles, s

nds clenched into fists, nails digging int

light illuminating the beads

der, pressing forward,

les straining against the invisible force that sought to crush her. A single

chill up