Blood & Howls: The Forbidden Heir

ee: Shadows

t's entrance, hidden beneath thick vines and ancient stone, buried deep in the forest behind the Lunar estate. The moon, half

h they lit hissed with ancient breath, illuminating carvings too old to decipher. The walls seemed

se," Elian

away cobwebs from a carved sigil-a cresc

aid. "Like something'

lars marked with runes neither had seen before. In the center, a stone al

l Grimoire,"

between their kind-a record of unity

d hovering above the tome.

hesitated. "We can't un

changed

he truth,"

they broke

ing in overlapping tongues. The book snapped open, and its pages turned on their own, revealing an

of the fang and the howl joins in love,

tone floor beneath them-half wolf, half vam

und us," Ly

om the darkness. "You

pped into the light-Elian

e said coldly. "You

orward. "You sh

hould you. You're not just a danger

n't und

ok? That prophecy? It's the e

ruth your families buried. You

oning a dark aura around hi

ls burned and shimmered, awakening ancient guardia

abbing Lyra's hand. "Ba

the crypt collapsed behind them. The ground splintered, the f

lapsing in the underbrus

l them," L

kno

on't have

sian knelt before the council,

ook," he said. "The p

nce fo

rdened. "Then we strike. We end

's father stared into the flames of

nd it," he

d shaken. "Should

n. Let her tell me what she s

et in an abandoned watchtowe

nt us now,"

replied. "But only en

e flickering in his tire

ruined city. They say it shows the past, present, and possible fu

hat if we don't

t him. "Then

ct with a kiss-unspo

of Noctis Vale, something stirred. It had slept for

the scent of

was h