Daughter of the Moon blood
rest. The trees here were different-taller, older, their trunks twisted like they had witnessed too many se
. She said nothing, but her senses had sharpened. Every rustle of a leaf, every snap of a twig underfoot e
ting," Luca
ked, though sh
Cou
faintly in the moonlight. Seven cloaked figures stood in a crescent around a circular pit of embers. The
t her le
ck their hood. A woman-tall, silver-haired, he
d. Her voice was neither warm nor col
tightened. "
ime. His hood remained drawn. "Guardians of the Old Ways.
de her. "She's only just
ired woman. She stepped closer, eyes fixed
N
of two worlds-human and wild. You are th
girl. I don't know anything about
oesn't ask.
dian. She dipped her finger into the ember pit and let a single drop of glowing ash fall i
ed. "What
st be sealed
I don't
rite of recognition. You can refuse. But if you do... they'll send yo
il was silent, waiting. The f
pens if I
id. "You join the Pact. And we teach
blade, then at he
she stepp
th the blade-just a scratch-and let the blood drip in
the runes on the bowl
il began
rembled bene
r shoulder sea
mething deep and ancie
in. No
we
-
ght. The silver-haired woman-Eira, she said her name was
"Scattered. Hidden. Some awakened. Som
, "Why now
wild is stirring. And the enemy sti
ne
nt our kind. Those who would tear t
he body in the woods. The way it had bee
hem? The on
ded. "A
ak tighter. The nig
longer just
s Moon
r had alre
ma Mmesoma Perpetual