The Price Written in Blood and Light
The blood-red moon hung unnaturally low in the sky, swollen and pulsing as though it possessed a heartbeat of its own.
Aria felt it first.
Not with her eyes—but in her bones.
The moment the moon screamed itself back into existence, something inside her answered. A sharp, searing pull tore through her chest, dropping her to one knee as the abyss convulsed violently beneath her feet.
“Aria!” Ridge caught her before she hit the ground, his arms locking around her as tremors rocked the cavern.
Above them, the sky fractured like glass. Veins of crimson light spread outward, cutting through cloud and darkness alike. The land itself seemed to recoil, as if the world had suddenly remembered pain.
The Guardian stood unmoving at the heart of the chaos.
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