Chapter 26
CHAPTER 26: THE PRICE OF THE SECOND CHAIN The moment Luna Hayes pulled against the second chain, pain unlike anything she had ever known tore through her body. It was not the pain of wounds or battle, it was deeper, sharper, as if the Moonfire itself had reached into her soul and demanded truth in exchange for power. Silver light exploded around her, so bright it swallowed the endless vision of throne and shadows, and for a single breath she felt everything at once, every fear she had buried, every loss she had survived, every love she had been terrified to claim. The chain fought back, resisting with the weight of centuries, and Luna dropped to one knee beneath it, her hands trembling as the energy surged through her. The wolf beneath the throne watched in silence, ancient eyes burning
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