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 .

the reason the pack suffered ? Why there was

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

the grove is tied into the lifeblood of the pack , and

inside me , eating away some of my

fix it ,

Liriens eyes flash

on the tree

stretched along the ground , and my eyes catch an inscription on the trunk : Chapter 207 To restore what

I ask although I know it

, Lirien says

grove to heal , for the curse to be lifted , there needs to be one

the balance

it presses down upon me , the feeling like something hangs heavy in the air

whisper , my

be another way , another

way

, its roots tainted by centuries

of selflessness can cleanse it

I take

me to give

this might work ? Liriens

a

is a

you can

hand to the pendant on my chest , its faint warmth a fragile comfort

just leave the grove as is ? The corruption will spread ,

keep suffering , and in time , the grove will Chapter

the balance between the mortal and divine realms will

the only sound the soft hum of the roots of the grove

, the earth around me begins to shudder and buck like a wild

, barely keeping my footing as the

going on ? I yell , panic

Lirien says

you

darkness spring from the earth , their undulations wild and

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

its voice rings out across the glade

tendrils lash about , one flicking

shock of cold shoots through me , deadening my limbs , and blurring

backward as the roots below my feet suddenly

5/6 Lirien gets between me and the tendrils , his body inflating to

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