Lunar Bonds: Bound By Fate But Stronger Alone

rom the forbidden woods. The sense of purpose that had filled her in the forest began to fade, replaced by a creeping unease. The figure she

glanced around, but the clearing was empty, only the flickering torches illuminating the huts scattered throughout the pack's territory. The voices of oth

lly foreign. She was different-she had always been different-but now that difference seemed to stretch into something de

ring again

nding in the doorway of the training hall with a smirk on her face. Mara's eyes gleamed wi

ed, hoping to brush past her. But Mar

?" Mara sneered. "Or are you too

ne of them did. But the words caught in her throat. She couldn't let Mara or anyone else know what she had seen, what she

Elara with undisguised contempt. "You think you're special, don't you? Sneaking around like yo

inside her. Instead of shrinking back, she held her ground, mee

ow and steady. "Maybe I don't belong here. Bu

y in her eyes. But the moment passed quickly, and Mara scoffed, rolling her eyes.

a stood there, her heart pounding as a strange sense of triumph washed over her. She didn't

one of the healers from a neighboring pack. Elara had seen her visiting before, a quiet, unassuming figure who rarely spoke. B

the noise of the pack grounds. She stepped closer, her eyes filled with

. She had never spoken to this woman, yet something a

e woman said, her gaze steady. "Yo

der the woman's scrutiny. "I... I d

ot. But you're searching for something, aren't you? Some

re in the woods, to her parents' voices in her dream, u

of understanding. "I know more about you than you might think. Your pare

g with a desperate need for answers. "Did you kno

rgotten. "In a way. They were... different. They had a connection to the mo

asked, her voice trembling wi

rld that would prefer certain truths remain hidden. Your parents' deaths were no a

to ignore the woman's words and pretend none of this was real. But another

on't anyone tell me?" Elara asked,

ets that some would kill to protect. Your parents knew this, and they sacrificed everything to keep you safe. But no

ke a weight she wasn't sure she was ready to carry. But as she looked into the woman'

ked, her voice steady despite

s of the moon," she said cryptically. "Seek the places where light and darkness meet, where yo

pounding with a mixture of fear and excitement. The path ahead was uncertain, filled with shadows

ara made a silent promise to herself. She would find the truth, no matter the cost.

lked into the darkness, her heart filled with determinati

n awaited, and Elara w