RISE, LUNA OF ASHES

led it a

tronger than blood. It was said to be the purest connection a wolf could ever experi

ed strength with compassion, power with wisdom, Alpha with Luna. It was meant to create harmony

up hearing st

ding each other acro

impossible odds because t

oceans and mountains to find

bond wa

voca

les

was what eve

Crescent Moon, it fe

the day h

his doorstep and demande

ything began

Crescent Moon had

and the symbol of its power. Massive pillars lined the chamber, each carved with

bearing the silver cresc

as crowded

od guard alo

ed their cere

dlines gathered to witness

istory was ab

at door

ze swept in

a steppe

crossed the threshold,

seemed t

r rippled throu

sn't

n't vi

ry wolf

rned imm

sation

osphere

t seemed as though ti

ight exploded

body, shimmering like moo

d throughou

ers rose to

rs sti

full manifestation felt the magic

pha blood could witnes

saw left the

g of the Mo

ble mark of a

ely spread throug

she.

can'

s m

even from

is

none of i

already locked o

one

mmered again

had dreamed ab

n Goddess had visited he

very

very

leave certain

in she had se

erful

ding beneat

estined t

was destin

that certainty

n others

she doubte

had always

meant

she wa

born within

n up among warr

t far from palace walls in

vibrant, untouched by political

fields, swimming in rivers, and liste

d been

a

nging had been, she always felt some

r future wai

d been preparing her

unders

restlessly be

ci

rv

pe

was und

ronger tha

r than

er tha

ollow

st

ano

e floor echoed b

lse qu

d, the stronger the

she s

King

the far end

e the breath f

imposing than the

a

-shou

from him like h

t the silver crest fastened across his ches

thing intimida

ing da

it all she f

a

ili

of her had fi

eyes

rld va

l disap

oices

rrowed to a s

le con

e bond

a

lli

xica

ed through

ctically how

very emoti

li

pin

nd

ong

me in her life,

tened to fi

rom s

certa

was

as her

n the Moon Godd

rything

Rex look

in s

n con

bera

to acknowledge what

bli

he had im

himpered i

nd rem

ll rem

action mad

took another

ano

by ins

n by

se the distanc

ou

ely emerged a

re hall

ne m

e bre

re my

s hung i

mp

uti

rif

jaw ti

tched beneat

nt, something fl

fli

a

s even

it va

fused to me

N

landed li

a f

art st

ha

isn't

ted througho

xchanged ala

stood im

particular st

r Th

trembled as he st

cautiously, "the bond

someon

on cracked thr

ar

na

rgiv

l fell

n st

ders looke

irst crack appe

ally lo

at

he c

e cou

t the woman fate

oddess made

ce fo

ible s

s when something sac

new what

ew how to

ves didn't

question the

dismiss th

King had just do

gure emerged fr

ss

med to shift

d with c

pur

omeone who believed she

hair flowed ov

ture wa

eg

ger

of Crescent Moon's mos

s beau

erf

to getting wh

ion, she walked

e took

ture wa

tu

ili

n them told a s

had h

shared

ed t

shared

intertwined

cause

e of c

sta

to lo

ide her began

remaine

d still

feel

connection reac

sn't reac

oosing so

even more than outri

ed against h

ile touche

wa

ki

tor

of someone who

stomach

l felt

al

to brea

ed desperatel

d stretched be

ain

sti

ay

no rejecti

cred

ng witnessed by

sil

pa

shi

ent

rable

elt in

he room had looke

ked at her

d that e

forced hers

Goddess

ice cr

e stoo

to break

ing t

g to di

ession nev

came withou

oose

destroyed what lit

erupted i

throughout

broke out

nded Rex

ned of con

d the decisio

words soun

te

ingl

ly heard

world had narrowe

sn't w

an destined

ack she was

she had imagined

she turn

elt heavier

crumbled

hattered ben

ontinued t

by p

d by

d was a faint ghost of

stopp

y fol

doors lo

eache

the thresho

ed outside, the cold

didn't sto

ors of the Great H

hoed like a

mething deep in

ing an

hing

uld never be quit

was not

ess did not c

e souls together

broken b

e mended