Rise of the fallen luna

na'

f death. Darkness clung to me like a second skin, heavy and cold. I could bar

A touch. Gentl

voice cutting through the

n, firmer this time, "

as I whispered,

her eyes glowing like

"Your family... your bloodline has been cursed f

oser, her voice

your destiny, you must a

ull, louder than the beat

ine. A dying br

, I realized-survi

weakly, my voice barely audible, li

, her eyes dark and ancient, filled with

e silk wrapped around steel. "I am Evelyn, and I've been waiting for you, Elen

d hovering over my chest w

ing away. If you want to live-if you want reveng

ntic. The word "deal" echoed in my mind

. A chance to live.

oice a breathless whisper, barely h

wing with an eerie light that pierced through the

red deep into my soul, as if peeling back t

red-soft, slow,

you... the strength your ancestors sealed

e my heart, and suddenly it felt

what your bloodline began-what they failed to complete centuries ag

mble beneath me. The wind h

shment will be worse than death. Your soul will belong to the shadows

hed. My blood

asked, calm

ou accept,

el my soul tearing at the seams, falling into a darkness I couldn't cr

sence both terrifying and strangely comforting. My lips t

ill happen if I

ss Evelyn's lips. Her eyes darkened lik

t to know," sh

it in her face-the horrors that lay in wait. Eternal torment. Agony b

s begg

glowing as if sensing something. "Danger is near!

s. Not in the dirt, not at the hands of a monster like

d-one final bur

lips, and whispered with ev

. ag

ened. Not kind. No

it is

ea

ment... everyt

not

g was aw

ing an

hing

ned me. No... this silence wa

sn't

like an unseen cloak. It pulsed beneath my skin, humming in my v

my breath steady,

y shadow. Every movement of the wind. The rustling leaves danced like whispers to my new

g was di

diff

ing from the shadows as if sh

rp. There was no warmth in her tone-only boredom, as if bringing me ba

nger than ever before. Power surged through me like a st

," I whispered, my v

ur wolf is no longer the same. She has evolved-stronger, fiercer. But don't let

truth in them. I closed my eyes and reached

ed in my mind, desperate for

long enough to mak

h my soul, her voice came-clearer

ut fierce. "Stronger than before. I feel it too. We

snappe

I

rebirth of so

ng unst

learn the name Elena in a