The Silver Moon's Betrayal

te," he had said, and something in the way he spoke made it sound inevitable, like the coming of a storm that couldn't be stopped. Her st

es of herself that didn't fit into the world her stepmother had constructed for her. But Kael's arrival had cracked that illusion wid

egetables she had been preparing were left forgotten on the counter, their freshness slowly wilting as the silence of th

as as if the walls themselves were listening, waiting for her to make a choice. She wasn't sure what tha

f footsteps echoed from the hallway. A figure appeared in the d

as D

his marriage to Lila had been made, and his sudden appearance now only added to the strangeness of the day. Dante looked as calm and collected a

carrying the weight of something unsp

ay things had been left between them. His presence unsettled her, but at the same time, i

aid, her voice barely above a w

iscuss. Things that go beyond what everyone else thinks they know." His voice was low,

er her. She wasn't sure she was ready to hear whatever he was abou

e asked, the words bar

your lineage. And about the power you have, hidden inside you." He stepped even closer, lowering his voi

d at. Power? Hidden inside her? Aria shook her head, trying to

n't read. "Yes, Kael. He's not just any messenger. He's be

e was nothing more than a servant in this house, a mere shadow of Lila's golden life. But now, with Dante standing b

ante said, his voice steady and low. "Your family's power was hidden away, sealed beneath layers of lies and decept

saying didn't make sense. She wasn't special. She was just a girl, beaten down by her stepmother,

spered, her voice thick with

oming. There are forces at work that you cannot yet comprehend, and they are using you, whether you realiz

he weight of them pressing down on her chest. Power. H

g as she tried to make sense of Dante's motives. "You'r

you than anyone knows. And the choices you make from this moment on will shape everything. The marriage to Li

grasp. But in that moment, she knew one thing for certain: her life had just changed forever. And whether sh

aid softly, his voice now tinged with a sense of finality. "The time will c

weight of his words and the growing certainty that her worl

er. But now, the silence was different. Now, it was fille

her was awakening, and t