Chapter 98: The Eyes in the Shadows
The corridor was narrow, the air heavy with age and magic. With each step, Luna felt the weight of a thousand lifetimes pressing down on her shoulders. Her heartbeat was loud in her chest, not from fear—but from the growing certainty that nothing would ever be the same again.
Ryder walked silently beside her, his hand brushing against hers every now and then, a quiet reassurance that she wasn’t alone.
Still, silence lingered.
Until Ryder finally spoke.
“Luna…” His voice was gentle. “Or should I say—Liora?”
She didn’t answer right away. Her fingers instinctively rubbed the small silver crescent behind her ear—the mark that had burned into her skin days ago and now seemed to pulse with life.
“I don’t know who I am anymore,” she whispered.
Ryder sto
