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

echoed throughout generations , tainting tragedies and giving birth to threats like the

tied into the lifeblood of

me , eating away some

to fix it , I insist

curse ? Liriens eyes flash , its voice heavier with

tree holds

tree over there ; its roots shine like veins stretched along the ground , and my eyes catch an inscription on the trunk : Chapter 207 To restore what

I ask although I know it deep inside

life for a life , Lirien

heal , for the curse to be lifted , there needs to be one of free will who must give his life

the

the feeling like something

, my head

be another way , another thing we

is no other way

the grove runs deep ,

act of selflessness can cleanse

I take a

me to

this might work ? Liriens form flickers ,

a demand

is a choice

only you can make

hand to the pendant on my chest ,

If I just leave the grove as is ? The corruption will spread , Lirien says , his voice

in time , the

the balance between the mortal and

A thick silence falls between us , the only sound

earth around me begins to shudder and

as the roots

on ? I yell ,

, Lirien

let you leave without

from the earth , their undulations wild

the light dancing within it like a candle in

shouts ; its voice rings out across the

The tendrils lash about , one

through me , deadening

scream , tumbling backward as the roots below

between me and the tendrils , his body inflating to a towering mass

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