<b>Chapter </b><b>8 </b>
<b>Elowen </b><b>POV </b>
12:00 AM.
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The clock clicked over, and my eyes snapped open like someone had dumped ice water straight into my
soul.
My skin tingled.
The air shifted.
<b>I </b>sat up in bed, heart thudding loud and fast, and then the dream mmed into me like a freight train I’d already survived once tonight.
shes of needles.
Cages lined in silver.
Blood.
The symbol again…white mask. ck de. Silver cage.
The screams weren’t strangers this time.
They were mine.
And then…
Moonlight.
Soft. Warm. Calling.
My breath caught in my throat as the glow intensified in the corner of the room.
Something shimmered….Took shape.
And there..glowing like the night sky wrapped in stardust, her silver eyes ancient and burning with knowledge..stood a woman cloaked in lunar light.
Selene.
The Moon Goddess.
My goddess.
“Oh, I whispered. “Shit.”
She smiled softly, and somehow it made everything worse.
“Elowen,” she said, her voice velvet and thunder. “My vessel. My wild one. You were born for more than this pack. More than this forest.”
I couldn’t move.
Couldn’t breathe.
“I don’t understand,” I whispered. “Why me?”
Her eyes glowed. “Because you are both. Fae and Wolf. Moon and Magic. You are the bnce they tried to
erase.”
I blinked. “Who’s they?”
Her face hardened. “The Aegis Protocol. They’ve hunted your kind for centuries. They believe power like yours should not exist.”
My stomach dropped. “But… I’m just a wolf.”
“No,” she said gently. “You are thest hybrid born of a true union. A child of love, not experimentation. That makes you the most dangerous creature in existence to them. And the only hope for everyone else.”
I couldn’t speak. Couldn’t think.
“You must prepare. You must awaken.”
And then she was gone.
Moonlight faded.
Silence fell.
And all that remained was the chest in the corner, glowing softly with silver runes.
I didn’t hesitate.
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I slid out of bed and crawled to the chest like it was a damn altar. The lock clicked open with a pulse of warm magic, and inside…two envelopes rested on top of folded cloth and ancient scrolls.
One from my father.
One from my mother.
My hands shook as I opened the first.
<i>Elowen</i>,
<i>If </i><i>you’re </i><i>reading </i><i>this</i>, <i>it </i><i>means </i><i>you’re </i><i>eighteen</i>. It <i>means </i><i>I </i><i>didn’t </i><i>make </i><i>it </i>to <i>tell </i><i>you </i><i>the </i><i>truth </i><i>in </i><i>person</i><i>. </i><i>I’m </i>sorry <i>for </i><i>that</i><i>. </i>
<i>Your </i><i>mother </i>and <i>I</i><i>… </i><i>we </i><i>weren’t </i><i>supposed to </i><i>be </i><i>together</i>. <i>Fae </i><i>and </i><i>wolves </i><i>are </i><i>forbidden </i><i>to </i><i>bond</i><i>. </i><i>But </i><i>we </i><i>did</i>. <i>And </i>we <i>made </i><i>you</i>.
<i>You </i><i>are </i><i>more </i><i>than </i><i>a </i><i>girl </i><i>with </i>a <i>strong </i><i>wolf</i>. <i>You </i><i>are </i><i>the </i><i>Moon’s </i><i>Chosen</i><i>. </i><i>The </i><i>bnce</i><i>. </i><i>The </i><i>key </i><i>to </i><i>ending </i><i>the </i><i>war </i><i>that’s </iing<i>. </i>
<i>You’ve </i><i>been </i><i>spelled </i>to <i>keep </i><i>your </i><i>fae </i><i>side </i><i>dormant</i>. <i>Not </i><i>to </i><i>harm </i><i>you</i><i>…</i><i>but </i><i>to </i><i>protect </i><i>you</i><i>. </i>
<i>When </i><i>the </i><i>time </i><ies</i><i>, </i><i>find </i><i>the </i><i>witch </i><i>in </i><i>Scond</i>. <i>Her </i><i>name </i><i>is </i><i>Morrigan</i><i>. </i><i>She </i><i>will </i><i>remove </i><i>the </i><i>spell and </i><i>awaken </i><i>who </i><i>you </i><i>truly </i><i>are</i>.
<i>They </i><i>will </i><ie </i><i>for </i><i>you</i><i>, </i><i>Elowen</i>. <i>But </i><i>you </i><i>are </i><i>not </i><i>alone</i><i>. </i><i>Trust </i><i>your </i><i>instincts</i>. <i>And </i><i>when </i><i>the </i><i>time </i><ies</i>… <i>trust </i>
<i>your </i><i>mates</i>.
<i>I </i><i>love </i><i>you </i><i>more </i><i>than </i><i>this </i><i>world </i><i>could </i><i>hold</i>.
<i>-Can- </i><i>Your </i><i>Father </i>
I didn’t even realize I was crying until the second letter blurred.
This one was written in flowing, delicate script, perfumed faintly with something wild and floral and
ancient.
<i>My </i><i>darling </i>daughter<b><i>, </i></b>
<i>Forgive </i>me. For <i>the </i>silence. For <i>the </i>spell. <i>For </i><i>every </i><i>day </i><i>I </i>wasn’t able <i>to hold </i><i>you</i>. The fae realm imprisoned <i>me </i>for choosing <i>love</i><i>. </i><i>For </i>choosing <i>your </i><i>father</i><i>. </i><i>For </i>choosing <i>you</i>.
<i>But </i><i>you </i><i>are </i>not a <i>mistake</i><i>. </i>You <i>are </i>a miracle.
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<i>I </i>named you Elowen for <i>the </i><i>elm </i>tree..strong, graceful, <i>enduring</i>. <i>But </i>you <i>are </i><i>also </i><i>Skye..the </i>storm, <i>the </i><i>moonlight</i>,
the power.
<i>Seek </i><i>the </i>witch. <i>Awaken </i><i>your </i><i>magic</i><i>. </i><i>And </i><i>never </i><i>forget</i><i>: </i><i>your </i><i>bloodline was </i><i>made </i>to <i>unite </i><i>what </i>others fear. <i>Find </i><ol><li>me. </li></ol>
<i>I </i>am <i>always </i><i>with </i><i>you</i><i>. </i>
-Your <i>mother</i>, <i>Aerya </i><i>of </i><i>the </i><i>Starborn </i>Court
The third held a sheet of paper with only a name…
Morrigan Lairch. And an address in Scond. Scond!? Wtf!?
I stared at the chest until I couldn’t anymore.
My whole body buzzed like lightning lived under my skin.
And then everything went ck.
When I woke up, the sun was rising.
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Kitty W
7 days ago
wow it totally draws me in, d one of her parents still alive
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