Chapter 19
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The storm arrived before midnight.
Thunder rolled across the mountains as heavy rain pounded the valley. The wind howled between the lodges, rattling shutters and stirring the ancient forest.
Inside the sanctuary chamber Lena stood before the glowing altar again.
The runes carved into the walls were brighter tonight, pulsing with faint silver light.
Her power stirred in response.
“Something’s changing,” Lena whispered.
Kael stood beside her, watching the chamber carefully.
“What do you feel?”
Lena hesitated.
“Pressure. Like something is pushing against the magic here.”
Suddenly the altar flared with silver light.
A glowing symbol appeared across its surface.
Eira stepped forward quickly.
“The prophecy is reacting.”
The image shifted slowly.
Then another vision appeared.
A dark figure rising from the ruins of an ancient temple.
Lena stared at the shadow.
“Who is that?”
“That isn’t Selene,” Eira said quietly.
Kael frowned.
“Then who?”
The vision sharpened.
Two glowing red eyes opened within the darkness.
The chamber fell silent.
Eira whispered a single name.
“Malakar.”
Lena turned to her.
“Who is Malakar?”
Eira’s expression grew grave.
“The enemy the Moonborn was created to stop.”
Lightning cracked across the sky outside.
And deep beneath the mountains…
something powerful had begun to stir.
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