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stone colonnade, the steady click of my heels echoe

r carved with the primal runes of the Moon Goddess, radiating a

st of the Elder council bowed deeply from the waist

fore the Goddess to bind your flesh

n of a second as he took in my frost-white hair and the glowing moo

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ilver and star-meteorite from the priest's tray, the silver blade sizzling faintly

at the center of the altar, soaking into the ancient marriage

the silver hilt, his golden-a

urn, my

urning sting of the silver blade and drew the edge across my palm, l

nding pillar of silver-and-gold light erupted from the altar

y vein in my body as the ancient Blood-oath locked into place, binding us

is recorded in the sacred archive, witness

axson pulled a clean silk handkerchief from his breast pocket, taking

thing within the Twilight t

he tied off the silk, making my heart skip bef

ent-no interference in ea

but the high-grade military communicator strapped to his wris

the receiver, and the panicked voice of a bor

is under heavy surprise attack by an unidentified

e at the war room

ated the lethal, suffocating aura of a battlef

in castle tonight to present you to Elder Fausti

mes first. Go hand

er everything that had happened tonight, I needed time alo

all together, we climbed into the waiting

d I have the

nter building downtown. I have a single in

erence clause, he didn't question why his new Luna was working as

ilent stop under the dark shade of the sycamore tree

a heavy metal badge engraved with a dar

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open the door and stepped out onto the quiet

a. Once the northern border is

vels, Mr.

eetlights and watched the armored convoy roar

unwrapped the silk handkerchief on my palm, watching the shallow silver

ng sold to a pervert, but had also bound myse

report for duty inside this building as a