Princess Seraphina Noctelle was born beneath a blood-red moon, an omen that her kingdom’s royal astrologers refused to explain. From the moment she entered the world, strange things followed her. Candles burned blue whenever she cried. Shadows moved when she was frightened. And on the night of her sixth birthday, the moonlight poured through her bedroom window and formed a glowing crescent across her palm.Her mother, Queen Elara, immediately understood what it meant.Seraphina possessed an ancient magic that had once belonged to the women of their bloodline—the forbidden magic of the Moon Witches.The Moon Witches had been feared for centuries. They could bend moonlight, speak to spirits, manipulate shadows, summon silver fire, and draw power from the changing phases of the moon. The royal family had hidden this heritage because the kingdom believed witches were dangerous. Queen Elara secretly taught Seraphina how to control the smallest pieces of her power, warning her that one day people might try to use her, destroy her, or force her to become something she was not.But before Elara could reveal the entire truth, she died under mysterious circumstances.The official story claimed the queen had fallen ill.Seraphina never believed it.After her mother’s death, everything changed.One evening, strangers entered the castle disguised as royal guards. They kidnapped Seraphina and erased every trace of her existence. The kingdom was told that the princess had died alongside her mother.Instead, Seraphina was taken to a distant estate where she was placed under the control of people who wanted to turn her into the perfect princess they could display and manipulate.They hated everything that made her different.Her dark clothing was taken away.Her books about magic were burned.Her mother's jewelry was locked away.She was dressed in pastel gowns, covered in ribbons, taught to smile constantly, and forced to behave like a cheerful, delicate princess.Every time she showed anger, she was punished.Every time she asked about her mother, she was silenced.Every time her magic appeared, they suppressed it.They made her wear enchanted bracelets designed to weaken her abilities. They told her that her powers were ugly, dangerous, and shameful.Eventually, Seraphina learned to hide them.She learned to smile when she wanted to scream.She learned to laugh when she wanted to cry.She learned to say exactly what people wanted to hear.But deep inside, the real Seraphina never disappeared.She became colder.Quieter.Smarter.For years, she secretly counted the nights.She watched the moon through her bedroom window and whispered to it whenever nobody was listening.And every full moon, something inside her grew stronger.On her eighteenth birthday, Seraphina finally broke.During a celebration thrown in her honor, she was presented to nobles as the kingdom's "perfect princess." Everyone praised her beauty, her kindness, her bright personality.Nobody noticed that she was miserable.Nobody knew that beneath her gloves, silver symbols had begun glowing across her skin.When the moon rose above the estate, Seraphina finally removed the enchanted bracelets.The magic inside her exploded.Every candle in the mansion went out.Windows shattered.The sky turned silver.And for the first time in twelve years, Seraphina heard her mother's voice."Run."So she did.She abandoned the dresses.She abandoned the title.She abandoned the people who claimed to love her.She disappeared into the forest and never looked back.For years, the kingdom believed the lost princess was dead.Seraphina built a new life far from the castle. She wore black. She learned to live without pretending. She helped people who had been abandoned by society and eventually found a small hidden village deep within the mountains.Nobody there knew she was royalty.To them, she was simply Sera, a mysterious young woman who lived alone beneath the moon.For the first time, she felt like she belonged somewhere.But strange things continued happening around her.Plants bloomed beneath moonlight.Animals followed her.The dead sometimes appeared in her dreams.And whenever the moon was full, she could hear whispers calling her name.Eventually, Sera discovers an ancient ruin hidden beneath the village. Inside, she finds a mural depicting a woman wearing a crescent crown.The woman looks exactly like her.Beside the mural is an inscription:"When the daughter of the moon returns, the forgotten bloodline shall rise."Sera realizes the truth.Her mother had not simply been a queen.She had been the last true Moon Witch.And Seraphina was the heir to that power.Her enchanted bracelets had never destroyed her magic.They had only kept it asleep.That night, beneath the full moon, Seraphina performs an ancient ritual.The forest becomes silent.The moon turns enormous above h