MOONBLOOD BOUND

The Forbi

There had always been something strange about this place, something that made her skin prickle with an unexplainable sense of foreboding. Her mother had w

couldn't resist. It wasn't like the usual stirrings she felt in her b

under the pale light of the moon. Seraphina had tried to ignore it, chalking it up to

ried leaves beneath her. The village was asleep, and the only sound was the

a's heart pounded in her chest as the air grew heavier with each step. She'd been here

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in untamed waves. He was a stranger to the village, no one knew where he came from or why he had arrived weeks ago. All they knew was

call out or turn back. But before she could make up her mind,

voice low and velvety, like

hadn't even taken another step toward him. He watched her with an intensity that made her blood run co

," he continued, taking a st

oice trembling slightly a

hing unreadable. "I'm the one you've been searching for," he said, the

awaited those who bore the marks-they'd always been nothing more than tales told to frighten children. Yet, standing in front of this strang

he asked, her voice b

Seraphina could feel the warmth of his body radiating off him, mingling with the

ch sent a shock through her, like a current of energy flooding her veins.

Seraphina. You are part of something much bigger than eith

n her mind like a bell

ke sense of the swirling emotions insi

lt almost like regret. "You will. But not yet. Right now, you need to kn

m settle into her bones. She didn't know what to think, what to feel. All she knew was that m

her voice breaking

a, you are the key to breaking the curse that has bound us for centuries. But you must be careful, for the p

s words. She had always felt different, but this

er voice steady despite the storm

serious. "Now, we begin. The journey will not be easy, Seraphina

the forest, leaving her with nothing but the sound

ath he had taken. She had no idea what awaited her, but one