The Moon's Cursed Healer

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lls. My heart pounded with anticipation, and I stood tall, my eyes locked on Layla. Her figure was still, her expression unreadable, but I knew better t

saba's spell deepened, something strange began to happen. The air grew colder, and the flames of the firepla

h, who had stopped ch

pered in my mind

Goddess will ne

way. She was powerles

al word of the incantat

racked li

uffing out every candle but one. The last flame t

-sil

as d

oom. "Something is wrong," Nisaba muttered under her b

d prepared for this moment, and yet, it felt as

low and commanding. "Co

The room seemed to darken further, and a chill swept through the air. Layla's growl deepened into

his face shadowed with concern as he entered the room

ng to make sense of it. This shouldn't be happening. Layla's po

ed like glass, falling to the floor in pieces. Layla's body convulsed as a burst of en

couldn't move. I

asped, stumbling back, h

's vo

the room as she rose to her feet.

o long, but a force of nature. Her body radiated power, her spirit unshackled and fr

d control her. I had thought I could keep her suppressed forever. But

erful, untamable force

trembled as he reached out t

hand, and Nisaba was thrown across the room, crashing into the wall with a sickening

ce. "You thought you could control me," she said, her voice laced with ve

of the prophecy, the strength of the Moon Goddess's bless

heart sinking as I realized the full extent of m

into a cold smile.

of the room. Her power had exploded in a wave, and with it, she

n, the weight of my

voice was soft, almost

"We need to find her," I said, my voice a low growl