Chapter Six: The Blood Moon Oath
POV: Lira Velasquez
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The manor didn’t sleep that night.
Not after the screams.
Not after the blood.
Not after I saw Kael shift into a beast of death and fury right before my eyes.
Even now, as I stood by the shattered window in the west wing, staring out at the darkened forest, the echoes of claws on stone still rang in my ears. My breath fogged the glass. Every instinct screamed at me to run.
But there was nowhere left to go.
The rogues hadn’t come for war.
They came for me.
And I still didn’t understand why.
I flinched at the sound of footsteps behind me. Mira appeared, a first-aid kit tucked under her arm, her eyes red from crying. She didn’t say a word as she guided me to the velvet chaise and began tending to the cuts on my arm.
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