MOONLIT REBIRTH: THE SACRED LUNA'S AWAKENING

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the forest, my mind was a whir

hell was

nd the next I was being mysteriously abducted into the woods by this insa

ore," I spoke up hesitantly, craning

e?" He glanced down at me, those piercing dark e

e safe where we can complete the sacred joining without i

I'm worried about, weirdo. It's not

t the truth was his sheer size and

nd set me on my feet in a small moonli

cate details of his tattoos — they a

he said softly, pulling me flu

his electrifying touch an

r let any har

crushed his lips against mine in a searin

ff me, but I found myself kissing h

elt like a string too

ache made me feel like t

leaving me breathless

d his eyes studying mine like they sou

," I stammered shakily, my skin ting

you're actually serious about this past lives bullshit?" I gaped a

eplaying or whatever, I'm flattered but—" I noticed his pupil dilated

lowed by a sinister peal of mocking laughter that s

body tensed like a cornered animal as he po

figure emerged from the treeline

d, at least eight feet tall and rippling w

ir, its face more like a snarling wo

liva as it leered at us wi

ound where he doesn't belong," it growled in a grat

fuck was

did it kn

Khing roared back, his voice less

!" The creature threw its head back an

favor an' rip that scrawny little bitch's throat out instead?"

d itself at us like it had

body in front of mine as the beast slamm

I watched their bodies thrashing and grappli

ut through the mayhem, thick an

led back helplessly, transfixed in horror as the mo

sed but was slowly being overwhelmed by

for you—I'll always come for you. But you need to leave now!" I knew we just met a few hours ago b

ossibly do? I was

before I scrambled up and ran

whipping past trees and brambles as b

obs of exertion and fea

ling became faint as I ventu

trunk, gasping and shaking violently fr

ell had jus

s like some kind of twisted nightmar

ts reeled as I tried to

was intent on killing us — would have succeeded,

he thought of his battered body lying b

ny and past lives had sounded, he had

mean...somet

e stayed and

ossibly done against th

away. My only chance of surv

ed on me that I was in

to my legs to shield mysel

the tree branches cast an eerie

be stuck out he

hat somehow, some way, Khing had made it through that

shudder inwardly with

he was lying beaten and dying som

sturbing images filling my mind, forcin

t afford to l

everything soon. I didn't