Reign of the Forgotten Luna
img img Reign of the Forgotten Luna img Chapter 4 Blood of the Ancients
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Chapter 6 Memories That Burn img
Chapter 7 The Hidden Pack img
Chapter 8 A New Alpha img
Chapter 9 The Illness Starts img
Chapter 10 Dane's Desperation img
Chapter 11 Into the Forbidden Forest img
Chapter 12 Re-uniting Face to Face img
Chapter 13 The Refusal img
Chapter 14 Moonshade's Argument img
Chapter 15 Lyra's Whispers img
Chapter 16 Seeds of Doubt img
Chapter 17 The Clue of the Healer img
Chapter 18 The Appeal of Dane img
Chapter 19 A Risky Decision img
Chapter 20 The Ruins of a Kingdom img
Chapter 21 Poison in the Soil img
Chapter 22 Lyra's Mask img
Chapter 23 The Stolen Child img
Chapter 24 The Burned Border img
Chapter 25 Spirits in the Smoke img
Chapter 26 The Return of Dane's Doubts img
Chapter 27 Betrayed Trust img
Chapter 28 The Disclosure of a Letter img
Chapter 29 The Real Bloodline img
Chapter 30 The Truth of Lyra's img
Chapter 31 Shadows on the Throne img
Chapter 32 The Alpha Mark img
Chapter 33 The Broken Chain img
Chapter 34 The Spirit Trial img
Chapter 35 Suffering and Strength img
Chapter 36 The Rise of Lyra's Army img
Chapter 37 The Pact of the Forest img
Chapter 38 The Throne of Blood img
Chapter 39 Secrets and Oaths img
Chapter 40 The Reckoning of the Past img
Chapter 41 The First Wolf's Challenge img
Chapter 42 The Forest Price img
Chapter 43 The Fire Blade img
Chapter 44 The Blood Circle img
Chapter 45 The Mark of the Hunter img
Chapter 46 The Flame Counc img
Chapter 47 The Flame Pit img
Chapter 48 The Mother's Hand img
Chapter 49 Tht chain of the Father img
Chapter 50 The Blade of the Forest img
Chapter 51 The Light of the Keeper img
Chapter 52 The Void of the Shadow img
Chapter 53 The Tide of Blood img
Chapter 54 The Embrace of the Bone img
Chapter 55 The Whisper of the Moon img
Chapter 56 The Melody of Dusk img
Chapter 57 The pulse of the Wild img
Chapter 58 The star,s Infinity img
Chapter 59 The Rise of the Deep img
Chapter 60 The Radiance of the Eternal img
Chapter 61 The Abyss of the Void img
Chapter 62 The Vein of Origin img
Chapter 63 The Infinity of the Star img
Chapter 64 The Echo of the Cosmos img
Chapter 65 The Shadow of the Night img
Chapter 66 The Promise of the Dawn img
Chapter 67 The Grasp of the Everwild img
Chapter 68 The Tempest of the unseen img
Chapter 69 The Weight of the Unbroken img
Chapter 70 The Vision of the Unending img
Chapter 71 The Heartbeat of the primordial img
Chapter 72 The Cycle of the Moon img
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Chapter 4 Blood of the Ancients

Mira's POV

"You can't run from yourself, Mira."

The whisper slithered through the tunnel like a shadow on my skin. I froze, my breath catching in my throat. That voice-soft, eerie-was mine. Not close. Not far. But deep, like it had crawled from inside my own bones.

The tunnel ahead was pitch black, but something moved. I couldn't see it, but I could feel it-waiting.

I backed up one step.

Then another.

But the path behind me was crumbling. A soft rumble shook the stones as if the cave no longer wanted me here. I had no choice.

I ran forward.

My fingers scraped against rough walls. I hit my shoulder on sharp rock. I didn't stop. My lungs burned, and my feet bled, but I didn't stop.

The tunnel narrowed, then opened suddenly. I stumbled out into a moonlit clearing. Trees circled the space like guards, tall and silent. The air smelled clean-fresh moss, earth, and... something sweet.

And then I saw it.

In the middle of the clearing stood a tree unlike anything I'd ever seen.

Its trunk was silver-gray, with glowing lines running through the bark like veins. The leaves shimmered in soft blue light. I knew this place. Not from memory-but from somewhere older. Something deep in my blood pulled me forward.

The Moon root Tree.

The old man's words echoed in my mind.

"That's where your blood will tell the truth."

I stepped closer, and the glow of the tree reached out to me like it recognized me. My skin warmed. The silver marks on my arms flickered brighter. I dropped to my knees before it.

"What truth?" I whispered.

And then I touched the bark.

A sharp jolt shot through my hand.

Pain. Light. Memory.

Images flooded my head like a storm. A woman-tall, fierce, with silver eyes like mine-stood at the edge of a burning field. She was surrounded by wolves, all bowed to her. Her hands glowed with the same light now burning through my veins.

Then I saw her fall. Betrayed. Cursed. Her power sealed away.

She was my ancestor.

And I was her echo.

Blood of the ancient healer. Reborn in me.

The pain eased, and I gasped, falling back against the grass. My hands were still glowing, and so was the tree. A gentle hum filled the air.

I wasn't just an Omega.

I wasn't weak.

I wasn't forgotten.

I was chosen.

Suddenly, the tree pulsed. Once. Twice.

Then the clearing dimmed.

I heard footsteps.

Not from behind.

From above.

I looked up.

A figure dropped from the trees, landing just a few feet from me.

I scrambled up, heart pounding.

The figure stood tall, wearing black armor made from bone and leather. A hood covered most of their face, but I could see a mouth-twisted into a half-smile. Not friendly.

"Found you," the voice said. A man's voice. Smooth, with something sharp underneath.

"Who are you?" I asked, keeping my hands near my sides, ready to fight.

He didn't answer.

Instead, he walked closer, slowly, like I was prey.

"I've been looking for you since the day you didn't die," he said. "You were supposed to. Everything would've worked if you did."

My blood ran cold. "You're one of them."

He tilted his head. "One of what?"

"Cursed wolves."

He chuckled. "Not cursed. Corrected."

I didn't understand.

But I didn't wait.

I raised my hand, and silver light shot from my palm toward his chest.

He moved like wind-dodging it easily.

My breath caught.

He was fast. Too fast.

"I'm not here to kill you, Mira," he said. "I'm here to remind you who you really are."

"I already know who I am."

He shook his head slowly. "No. You know the lie your blood told you. Not the truth hidden beneath it."

I backed away, inch by inch, trying to stay near the tree.

"Your ancestor," he said, voice low, "was not just a healer. She was a weapon. One the Alphas feared. So they called her a curse... and buried her story."

I narrowed my eyes. "You're lying."

He smirked. "Am I? Then why did Dane poison you, Mira? Why didn't he just reject you like the others?"

My heart stopped.

He stepped closer.

"Because he knew what you were. He knew what you'd become if you lived."

My breath came faster.

"No," I said, but the word felt weak.

"He feared you. They all did. And now... they'll try to chain you again."

I clenched my fists. "Then they can try."

He smiled wider. "That's what I wanted to hear."

He pulled something from inside his cloak-a dagger with a glowing black blade. It pulsed like it was alive.

"I'm not here to kill you," he said again. "I'm here to set your power free."

And before I could react, he slashed the dagger across his palm-and flung the blood onto the Moon root Tree.

The leaves screamed.

The bark cracked.

The light died.

And behind me, the earth began to split.

The earth split beneath my feet, jagged lines glowing with red light. I stumbled back, nearly falling into one of the cracks. Heat burst up from below like fire breathing through the roots of the world.

The Moonroot Tree groaned-a sound that made my bones ache. The silver glow in its leaves flickered and died. Its bark blackened where the man's cursed blood had touched. Whatever power had lived in it... was bleeding out.

"What did you do?" I cried, heart racing.

He watched it all with cold eyes. "I opened the gate. The tree's light sealed it long ago. But with your blood awakened, its lock was weak."

"Gate?" My voice broke.

He smiled darkly. "The gate your ancestors sealed to keep the old magic from returning. But I want it back. And so do others."

A deep growl shook the clearing.

Not from him.

From behind the tree.

My head whipped around, and what I saw made my breath freeze.

Something was crawling up through the crack.

A claw. Long, twisted. Bone white.

Then a second one.

They gripped the edge of the earth like hands trying to climb from a deep grave.

The man stepped back slowly, his eyes wide now-not with fear, but awe.

"It's waking," he whispered.

I raised my glowing hands, ready to fight, but the ground beneath me cracked again-this time beneath my feet.

I tried to jump, but it was too late.

The earth split.

And I fell-screaming-into the dark.

Mira plummets into the unknown as something ancient and monstrous awakens beneath the cursed tree-will she survive the fall... or awaken something even worse below?*

            
            

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