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'll lose you. And I can't live with that."Luna took a shaky breath. It was all clicking into place now-the hesitations, the times he looked at her like she was both a miracle and a tragedy."But Kael... maybe there's a way to break it," she said, voice barely above a whisper. "Maybe we can fight it.""You don't fight this," he said, turning away again. "You survive it. Or you don't."But Luna wasn't the kind of girl to sit and accept something like that. Not without trying. Not when everything inside her screamed that what they had was real and meant to be.So she started digging.She spent every free moment in the old archives, tucked away behind the packhouse. Most of the books were dusty and unread, and some were written in ancient languages she didn't recognize. But she pushed through. Piece by piece, she began to put the story together.The curse had started generations ago, with an Alpha who betrayed the Moon Goddess by choosing power over love. His mate had died, and in his grief and madness, he'd performed a blood ritual that twisted fate itself. Since then, the first love of every Alpha born to his line had been doomed.And Kael was the latest.It was awful. It was unfair. And it was terrifying.But Luna wasn't afraid of the curse. She was afraid of living without ever trying to change it.One night, while reading through an old journal that barely held together, she found a reference to someone called the Seer of Ash Hollow-a woman who lived far beyond the borders of their territory, deep in the haunted woods no one ever dared enter. It was said she had lived through centuries and could see the threads of fate.If anyone knew how to break the curse, it would be her.Luna didn't wait for permission. She packed a bag and left in the middle of the night. Kael would be furious if he found out, but she didn't care. If this worked-if she could find a way to save them-then maybe they could finally stop living in fear.The journey was rough. The woods grew darker and colder