The Bloodbound Prophecy

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y, casting a crimson glow over the broken altar where the High Witches gathered. Lightning

agic. Runes etched in obsidian flared to life around them, pulsing with dark energy that shivered across th

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by a shadow she could never name. Now she lay upon the altar, bound by threads of m

ground trembled as something anci

olet eyes gleaming beneath her obs

ed, then cracked, thin lines of fire racing across her chest. Blood spilled from her mouth, but s

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and glowing like burning amethyst. Her hair was the color of midni

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d, the witches fell silent. A wave of heat burst from her body,

lapsed, screaming. Ano

d, awe and fear warping her voice. "Th

then cried. A single, piercing sound that s

child in a cloak spun of woven shadow.

commanded. "She will be o

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eep were silent the night

rred the leaves. Even the sta

thorn and ice glowed with a strange silver light. Within, a midwife knelt beside

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onceived. Torn to pieces by vampires in the old war. She'd vanished after his death, only t

, her human form flickering in and out as pain tore through her.

s, but Kaela clamped her jaw shut and roared-an a

ame th

of w

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burst of silver light, slick

fists. And her skin shimmered faintly beneath the firelight

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r tears. "She doesn't n

the silen

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ther. An

e Blackfang Pack, all of them raising thei

ho

y. The cave shook, stones rattling down from the ceiling as Lyra's

nd the world would

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of mortals, th

n the celestial map -one bur

whispered Elandor

ace," muttered R

Aelira, goddess of fate, her li

weaving the threads of destiny

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