r light searing Elyra's eyes. Her mother's face-alive, glowing with Moons

ne's bloodied wolf form lay crumpled, Kael's blade clashed with cultists, and Lila cl

ming down her face. Her powers surged, vi

nt glinting at her throat. But something was wrong. Her mother's smile was cold, her hands stai

ago, slaughtered with her family. This couldn't be real. Her vision shifted, a memory

evealing Mira's face, her blue eyes gleaming with triumph."You!" Elyra

blood. Her powers exploded, a violet wave hurling him ba

His amber eyes burned, blood streaking his tattoos. "Mira's using the

me."Elyra's heart fractured, Lila's guilt mirroring her own. She grabbed Lila's hand, pulling her close

d pooling beneath him. "Elyra," he rasped, his hand reaching for her. "Don't trust

crawled to him, her hands shaking as she pressed the

or staggered up, his claw pendant glowing, Zane's dagger in hand. "Your blo

lley's destruction. She stood, her dagger raised, her powers unstable, violet light flooding the ruin.Kael charged the mayor, their blades cla

with her blood. Her mother's voice echoed: Your blood is the key. She sprinted, dodging bolts, her leg and ar

nto her: the valley burning, two relics united, her mother's face-not Mira's-

t, Elyra," she purred. "Your blood, your pain-it's all mine."Rage boiled in Elyra's chest. "

ght, his blade a blur, but the mayor lunged, his dagger aimed at

ered free, and Elyra dove for it, her fingers closing around its hilt. Her p

e's betrayal; it was her weapon. She slashed, cutting the mayor's pendant, its glow fad

're the anchor!"Elyra's heart stopped. Mates. Kael's bond, Zane's lo

ding. Her mother's voice whispered: The heart binds the power.She grabbe

lic pulsed, its runes aligning, and Elyra's blood dripped, sealing the

irling, but Elyra's powers surged, a violet shield protecting her, Zane, Kael, and L

Kael caught her, his arms steady, while Zane collapsed, his br

ic, her mother's face, Mira's escape-they weren't done. The mayor lay unconscio

her gaze on Zane, his pulse weak. "We need to heal him," she

mother gave it to me. She said it was Moonweaver."Elyra's breath caught. Lila's mothe

e beast from the riverbank, its chains broken, its red eyes glowing in t

aving a trail. The beast's snarl grew, joined b

second relic, a black orb, hidden in a human manor, her mother's face, not dead but trapped, and a cl

," Elyra gasped, tears streaming. "She's alive. Trapped by t

't lose him, not after everything. But the beast's claws scraped closer, the cultists chanting, Mi

is voice grim. "The manor-Duskfall.

n, the mayor's base. Her mother, alive? Her

s fading, and Kael, his amber eye

he earth, the cultists closing in. Elyra's powers flickered, her blood the

er, chained, a black relic glowing, and Mira, holding a third claw pendant, its power darker, older. But an

gs to me."The beast lunged, Zane collapsed, and Elyra's scream was