Blood Ties And Moon Fire

ad begun to

h. The rivers sang softly, weaving through ruins that nature had be

n, peace was only a sh

In his hand, he carried the stone Aria had forged the Heart of th

o more cries for blood. The wolves mourned their fallen, the vampires rebuilt in silen

gun to bloom between cracks of ancient stone. There, he'd close his eyes and wai

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e froze, eyes snapping open. The moon shimmere

ri

light and smoke. Her hair shimmered like molten silver, her eye

hitched. "It

rt of me," she whispered. "The

inked, she'd vanish. "I kept my promise," h

ke wind through glass. "I feel

The Heart of the Bloodbound in his hand flared bright. For a moment, warmth

to me," h

ound more than our blood it bound time. The world

d. "A year, a century do

e look she wore before charging into battle. "You wer

ad what? There'

uiet now, but silence isn't the same as unity. They'll need someone w

talking

sn't just a relic it's a choice. Every time you hold

e, her light growing faint. Luc

s again, it won't be war that rises it will be rebirth. When t

, scattering like fireflies into the wind. The glow from the stone

ll silently, cutting trails down his face. But this time, they w

e smiled. "Where the stars meet the sea,"

d already begu

w sprouting new life. Villagers bowed as he passed, whispers following him like

stayed fixed on the horizon the endle

, and frozen plains. The moon followed him faithful

y appeared vast and silver under t

you fo

lecting the rising moon. And for a heartbeat, in the shimmer of water and light

o the wind, "I t

th her laughter, ca

ce lived in every whisper of the tide, e

r story love, power, and r