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The Luna of the Northern Forest finally reached the throng of the crowd at a clearing turned make-shift battlefield. She couldn’t catch her breath, but that was not from running, but the ignorance of what was happening to those she loved.
She shifted back in time to hear a tree smack against the forest floor, and her human eyes saw a shaggy-furred wolf fall with it. Her heart stopped as she waited to see Daemeon’s form get up.
Get up, Theo! Get up, Daemeon! She shouted with her eyes, her vocal cords paralyzed with fear. Goddess, please get up! Don’t leave me. You promised you’d never leave me. I have so much left to share with you. Don’t be a liar. Don’t leave us.
She missed a fraction of a second as Freddy pulled a shirt over her n
