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Blood Moon Wolf

Chapter 4 Dour lines of Horror

Word Count: 1107    |    Released on: 01/05/2025

n she realized the door would open with a mere push-her lips pressed into a tight line.

d with an unnatural fire. Though her face was bloodless

lfway with one hand, then thr

th

y G

sp. It was as if a corpse's hand had

pression. Her lips were clamped t

d something, and shoved it against her chest, refusing to look at it. Then

ill deep

et and slipped out, back to her o

leep?

er bed. She knew no w

he sat in her armchair and pulled from

nder slips of clo

e knew that handwriting

ted her expression int

ursts. Then it stopped-still as de

the manuscript to the floor with a sn

mother's portrait. That soft, seren

my waters, the s

rang to

the papers-but barely looked at the

ruck her. One that wa

yes-but only after weighing her choices. To the unknowing, she migh

s, she had ma

room. Again, she stole the key. Again, she crept to the chamber of death. Again, she open

anuscript where

d the key to Theseus's pocket jus

room just in t

p into bed and fall i

me half-remembered nightmare. A glance at the c

door, rang a silver bel

ater, Lil

the wall, unaware

ppened next might h

this m

th the armchair. It wasn't crumpled or torn. She assum

to tidy her mis

perous parents. A financial ruin destroyed their lives. Her

r father's sister, a kind soul who denied herse

mily. He taught the children to read and write-rare skills

adored thei

Lumea envoy. He sailed from Leghorn wi

nd arranged for Lily to ente

a's wrath with silent grace, never complaining, alwa

ks, she sat by the table

ll cottage in Eryndor and whom she visited

thought of Theseus, Lo

d instantly sc

hts, she stood to c

gaze to the paper she

ughts, and, without intent-without

she was doing, she had

urned her b

palpitating flesh of the murdered man, in whose breast the dagge

lent shudder wr

ouldn't speak. The h

sed into the ch

t she couldn't place it. One thing

eling when her m

reeting, slipped on a robe, and

ind her, reachi

rything

yes locked

feet, eyes blazi

as all it to

eyes searing, and

gestured: I foun

ngers flew.

She signed back, Only

at, chest. She clenched her jaw to contain h

er gl

ame l

again. Swear yo

rembling hands: As I

ed her. Searc

ound

eak not one word of t

dded so

Antheia locked the pag

umed-silent, as if

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1 Chapter 1 The Stranger in the Storm2 Chapter 2 The Oat by the death bed3 Chapter 3 The Key to the unopened Door4 Chapter 4 Dour lines of Horror5 Chapter 5 The Grief of Blackmere6 Chapter 6 A legacy bound by Silence7 Chapter 7 The Man in the Portrait8 Chapter 8 Let us forgive each other9 Chapter 9 Guilt in the Garb of10 Chapter 10 The Jewels of the Dead11 Chapter 11 When Eyes Speaks and Hands Reply12 Chapter 12 Before the Moon Rises13 Chapter 13 Beneath the Blood Moon14 Chapter 14 The Lady in the Shadows15 Chapter 15 The Path he chose, the death she met.16 Chapter 16 When Morning brought Chaos17 Chapter 17 News of the Accused18 Chapter 18 The Embrace in the Dark.19 Chapter 19 Hymns in the Dark20 Chapter 20 Her Soul on Trial21 Chapter 21 The Girl, the Will and the Watchers22 Chapter 22 Debts and Diamonds.23 Chapter 23 The Price of Midnight Promises.24 Chapter 24 A Storm Within the Marble Walls25 Chapter 25 The Weight of Deceit26 Chapter 26 Moonlit Bargains.27 Chapter 27 Three Men, One Truth.28 Chapter 28 The Devil Stronghold.29 Chapter 29 Marked by Blood, Judged by Hate.30 Chapter 30 A Noblewoman's Bargain.31 Chapter 31 The Tomb for the Living.32 Chapter 32 The Breach beneath the Stone.33 Chapter 33 Burning Walls.34 Chapter 34 Smoke over Sanctuary.35 Chapter 35 By Force, Not Love.36 Chapter 36 The Hand that offers Ruins.37 Chapter 37 The Trial of Elias Roderick38 Chapter 38 The Shipwreck.39 Chapter 39 The Island in the Mediterranean Sea.40 Chapter 40 The Werewolf escaped.41 Chapter 41 Wrecked by Fate.42 Chapter 42 The Sword Between Them.43 Chapter 43 The Trials.44 Chapter 44 The fight for Love.45 Chapter 45 Aric Catelli.46 Chapter 46 Aric's Conversion.47 Chapter 47 Reborn as Ibrahim.48 Chapter 48 The Falling Rain and Rising Legends.49 Chapter 49 The youngest grand vizier in Ottoman history50 Chapter 50 Marriage Proposal.51 Chapter 51 The Plot Thickens.52 Chapter 52 The Meeting53 Chapter 53 The Waning Flame54 Chapter 54 The Three Black Slaves55 Chapter 55 Moonlit Waters, Silent Screams56 Chapter 56 The Whispers Shadow57 Chapter 57 The Crumbling Calm58 Chapter 58 Shadows of the Mind59 Chapter 59 A Divide of Hearts and Fates.60 Chapter 60 The Weight of Unspoken Truth.61 Chapter 61 Through the Devil's Lens.62 Chapter 62 The Devil's Whisper63 Chapter 63 The Curse Returns