Lunaris: Blood of the Forgotten

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f silence that d

ls dan

r, touching the broken mirror like a warning. He still held the pendant in his hand-m

" I said, my voice quieter than I

"No? Funny. Because it fe

t I couldn't unsee the flash of silver. Naomi took a slow step cl

asked, trying to sound

ain, like it was nothing more than a shiny trinket. Then he walked toward the cr

ed. Long before the dorms, the observatory, even the

at me now.

you b

th wen

do you

between us like a thread about to snap. "You're not just descended from Moonborne, Lyra. You are Moonborne. The first one reborn in over five h

something inside me did. Something ancient that

ce in the mirror. The dreams I'

aking up," I said, more

this time with somet

e the only one

a compliment. It d

rist gently. "We n

the stairwell agai

t's not a story-it's a countdown. And when it ends, the seal over the celestial g

s through?

ted. Just

said,

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r

ifference when your legs are shaking and

mming the door behind us. I leaned against it, trying

god?" she fi

breathed

. "We can't trust him. He knew too m

wanted me to know. Maybe

scar from a dream. "He said I'm the only one who matters. That this

d pacing. "Wait. What

. "What a

bvious. "Have they ever said anything? About your

tomach. "They're not

linked.

me much. Just that I was found on a doorstep dur

a, that's not normal. That'

a flat look

to the archives. The school has old records, going back centuries. Maybe I can find som

said. "If Cassia

tered. "I want him to know

I stared at my refl

. my eyes look

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sleep face-first into her keyboard,

ferent tonight-thicker, sharper, like it was trying to tell me something. The greenh

where an old stone bench sa

lly like he'd been waiti

u'd come," he

hen you figured wrong

derstand. But I do know this-there's something beneath Lunaris. Something ancien

t far either. "What happens if

ate will still open, but no one will be strong eno

ok his

nt peace. It w

iet for

n that had been digging

you hel

n't answer

de a promise. A long time ago. T

ked. "

sto

rest," he said, stepp

hed completely, he

ant. And she died tryin

n he wa