Beyond The Blue

to us, or can we remake our own destiny? When the decision between obligation and love is no l

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ding a faint gleam of silver over th

e Merbel stand at the edge, her nerves thrumming with the storm's aftermath. The air was changed now. Polluted. The village below still buzzed with whispered rumor of the curse

mpest. He could sense it as well, that chill in the breeze, as if the very world was suspended. Yet so

t a whisper. "Anacobal. what's to bec

flicking to hers and then back awa

boots on the gravel walk interrupted him. Bo

wake. His gaze clashed with Anacobal's, fierce and unwavering. The air chille

under, deep and threatening. "But this betrayal. it has consequenc

. She felt the unraveling tension in the air, the weight of the ultimatum laid before

ring in his eyes. "You realize I can't return to that life, Edrik. I've

with a cold fury. "You were among us, Anacobal. You are amon

ou, Edrik. This is about doing what is right. About putting an end to a cycle of betraya

g with venom. "You don't know the powers you're playing with. But you will." His eyes shifted to Anacobal. "I o

but before he could say a single word

gh, E

She was a whirlwind, a politican whose power lay not in fists, but in the traps she w

ce must be maintained, or we will lose everything. Your. personal wants, your. affections-" she took a fleeting glance at Merbel, "--are irrelevant in th

ity of Varessa's threat came crashing down around

Merbel, the Moon-Wolf, as the sole one who could save the world, but she is not alone. She has requirements. She needs to unite the

weighing on her. She wheeled to Anacobal, her voice strained. "

, Merbel. You are. The prophecy is real. But it's not that simple as it is. There are forces beyo

r fate weighed too heavily on her. "I have no choice then. I don't desire this

You do have a choice, Merbel. But the thing is-sometimes the road we don't take is the road w

've been misled by these false doctrines

l. Return with me, and all of this can be ended. No more killing. No more destruction. But if you remai

ery passing second. She couldn't stand the uncertainty, the being half-t

his eyes for the solution she desperately

his choice today. Not yet. But when the time comes, Merbel, you'll have t

ngered, hanging between th

ce. "This stops here. You will return, Anacobal

tinct sweeping over her. "And what am I to do wi

with malice. "We'll see

almost palpable sensation of doom. The war had just begun, and the choices that they m

n turmoil, caught between two worlds

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