CHAPTER 28: WHEN THE MOONFIRE BECAME WHOLE The breaking of the final chain did not feel like victory, it felt like rebirth. Silver light erupted through the endless vision with such force that Luna Hayes could no longer tell where she ended and the Moonfire began. The throne of fire blazed brighter than the stars, and the great wolf, once bound beneath centuries of fear, rose to its full height for the first time. It was vast, powerful, made of shadow and moonlight woven together, its presence so immense it seemed to bend reality around it. Yet there was no violence in the moment. Only release. Only truth returning to where it had always belonged. Luna stood before it, breathless, her body glowing with silver fire that no longer felt borrowed. It felt like home. The wolf lowered its mass

