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They were born to hate each other. But fate chose them to end the war.
They were born to hate each other. But fate chose them to end the war.
Chapter One: Shadows Beneath the Moon
The city of Noctis Vale thrived under a sunless sky.
Towering skyscrapers shimmered with eerie blue lights, masking the darkness that clung to every alley and rooftop. Beneath the polished glass and chrome, behind the closed doors of two rival family empires, secrets long buried were beginning to stir.
It began on a Tuesday.
Elian Vortigan, heir to the Vortigan Conglomerate, pressed his forehead to the frosted windowpane of his family's penthouse suite. Rain fell in silver needles, streaking down the glass in rhythmic trails. The city lights below twinkled like dying stars. Thunder rumbled beyond the clouds-distant and brooding-just like his father.
Behind him, a conversation laced with venom carried through the marble halls.
"You will not deal with the Lunars. Not after what they did to your grandfather," snapped Cassian Vortigan, his voice a cold blade. "Our bloodline must remain pure."
Elian didn't reply. He rarely did. His father's hatred of the Lunar family ran bone-deep, centuries-old. He'd grown up with tales of betrayal and bloodshed between the Vortigans and Lunars. The stories were more folklore than fact, embroidered with curses and death.
But outside the myths, there was a girl.
Her name was Lyra Lunar.
And she wasn't a story.
She was real.
She was dangerous.
She was kind.
They met in the unlikeliest of places: a neutral zone.
The Crescent Library-a forgotten place untouched by either family's power.
Among dust-laden books and cracked leather covers, the vampire heir and werewolf princess became... something more.
Friends.
Real ones.
It began with stolen glances over forbidden pages.
Elian: quiet, curious, always reading ahead.
Lyra: wild-eyed, restless, full of fire.
At thirteen, they barely understood friendship.
At fourteen, they started sharing secrets no one else knew.
And that was when the changes began.
Small, strange things.
Elian's reflection shimmered, then vanished.
Lyra's eyes glowed gold beneath the moon.
They were changing.
The truth-hidden for generations-was waking.
Their parents had suppressed it.
Taught them to ignore the signs.
Fed them pills. Prayers. Rules.
But blood cannot be silenced forever.
One night, while sneaking out to see Lyra in an abandoned train station, Elian heard something.
"Elian."
He turned, heart pounding.
His older brother, Thorne, stood in the shadows.
"You've been meeting her."
Elian froze.
Thorne didn't ask.
He accused.
"I've seen you. Do you know what happens if a Vortigan and a Lunar fall for each other?"
Elian's silence was an answer.
"She's not like them," he finally whispered.
Thorne's eyes gleamed red.
"No. She's worse. Because you trust her."
Within days, the Vortigans knew everything.
Elian was confined. Questioned.
Not punished.
Repurposed.
Cassian Vortigan called it Operation Hollow Fang.
"Continue meeting her," he ordered.
"Learn their secrets. Find their weakness."
"You want me to spy on her?" Elian asked.
Cassian smiled.
"For our survival."
Across the city, Lyra paced like a storm in a cage.
Something in Elian had changed.
His touch. His smile. His silence.
And then her world shattered too.
She told her parents everything.
Her mother wept.
Her father grew still.
"So it begins again."
They told her about the prophecy:
If a Vortigan and a Lunar truly loved each other,
they would create the Forbidden Heir.
A being of blood and howl.
The strongest creature alive.
The creature that could unite or destroy them all.
Lyra's blood ran cold.
She remembered how Elian looked at her.
Like she was the last star in his sky.
And how she looked back.
They met again. In secret. Beneath the city, in tunnels long forgotten.
When they saw each other, they didn't speak.
They simply understood.
"They told me what we are," Lyra said.
"Me too," Elian whispered.
"They want us to choose."
"And they want me to betray you."
"Are you?"
"No."
Silence.
"Then we play smarter," Lyra said.
"Give them what they want. But do it our way."
"What do you mean?"
"We pretend. We spy. We lie. We find the Forbidden Heir.
And we end this war."
For a long time, Elian said nothing.
Then he smiled.
Their friendship had become a revolution.
But in the shadows above...
They were being watched.
Red eyes. Gold eyes. Burning eyes.
The old bloodlines had awakened.
And the children were about to learn:
Love was never the beginning.
It was the weapon.
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Madison had always believed that she would marry Colten. She spent her youth admiring him from afar, dreaming of their future life together. But Colten was always indifferent to her, and when he abandoned her at a time when she needed him most, she finally realized that he never loved her. With renewed resolve and a thirst for revenge, Madison left. Endless possibilities lay ahead, but Colten was no longer part of her plans. Colten rushed to her place in a panic. "Madison, please come back to me. I’ll give you everything!" It was his powerful uncle who answered the door. "She's my woman now."
"Love is blind!" Lucinda abandoned her beautiful and comfortable life because of a man. She married him and slaved off for him for three long years. One day, the scales finally fell off her eyes. She realized that all her efforts were in vain. Her husband, Nathaniel still treated her like shit. All he cared about was his lover. "Enough is enough! I quit wasting my years with an ungrateful man!" Lucinda's heart was shattered into many pieces, but she summoned up the courage to ask for a divorce. The news caused a stir online! A filthy rich young woman recently got divorced? She was a good catch! Countless CEOs and handsome young men immediately swarmed to her like bees to honey! Nathaniel couldn't take it anymore. He held a press conference and begged with teary eyes, "I love you, Lucinda. I can't live without you. Please come back to me." Would Lucinda give him a second chance? Read to find out!
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