Chapter 207 AURORA The meadow is alive , and it can feel my presence through the air thick and electric .

My limbs shook but I forced myself to remain firm .

I look right into his eyes .

He slowly inches closer as he speaks , You shouldnt have come here , this was not for finding .

I breathe steadily , the tips of my fingers grazing against the cracked pendant on my chest .

I did not come here accidentally , I say , firm words that oppose the trembling .

He cocks his head to one side , a gleam seeming to pass over his green , shining eyes as he looks at me inquiringly , an analyst might .

The place around us suddenly starts to change ; the roots of the trees begin to hum with faint , quick pulsars , almost in rhythm .

with some heartbeat .

Truth is a dangerous thing , Luna , it says in a low rumbling .

voice .

Once seen , it cannot be unseen .

Who are you ? I ask , my pulse racing .

I am Lirien , it says after a long pause .

The Keeper of the Chapter 207 Grove .

A guardian bound to this place since Kaels betrayal .

2/6 The name sends a shiver down my spine .

Betrayal ? I echo , my voice barely above a whisper .

Lirien nods , his form rippling like smoke caught in the wind .

Kaels greed corrupted the roots of this grove .

His pact with the Moon Goddess was meant to preserve balance , to protect the pack .

But he broke that pact , and in so doing , he cursed this place and everything tied to it .

I swallow hard , the weight of Liriens words settling .

? Why there was so much loss and pain ? Yes , he

, tainting tragedies and

tied into the lifeblood of the pack

inside me , eating away

how to fix it

? Liriens eyes

inscription on the tree holds

along the ground , and my eyes catch an inscription on the trunk : Chapter 207 To restore what was lost , one must

is it ? I ask although

a life , Lirien says in a serious tone

be lifted , there needs to be one of

then will the balance

me , the feeling like something hangs

? I whisper ,

be another way ,

way

, its

act of selflessness can cleanse it

chest tightens as I take a step

me to give

what ? A chance that this might

not a demand , Luna

a

you can make

my chest , its

the grove as is ? The corruption will

in time , the grove will

balance between the

, the only sound the soft hum of

earth around me begins to shudder and buck like a

barely keeping my footing as the roots twist

yell , panic clawing at

Lirien says , its voice

not let you leave

the earth , their undulations

pendant answers with a weak flare , the light dancing within it like a candle

Luna ! Lirien shouts ; its voice

! The tendrils lash about , one flicking along

through me , deadening my limbs ,

tumbling backward as the roots below my feet suddenly

between me and the tendrils , his body inflating

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