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 .

… its the reason the pack suffered ? Why there was so much loss and pain ?

has echoed throughout generations , tainting tragedies and

of the pack , and it was poisoned by Kaels actions

blazes inside me , eating away

fix it , I insist

curse ? Liriens eyes

inscription on the tree holds your answer

back to the big 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 was lost ,

is it ? I ask although I know it deep inside

a life , Lirien says in a serious

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

will the balance

, the feeling like something

whisper , my head

way , another thing we could do

is no other way , Lirien

corruption of the grove runs deep , its roots tainted

of selflessness

as I take

asking me

? A chance that this might work ? Liriens

is not a

is a

only you can

my chest , its

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

keep suffering , and in time , the grove will Chapter 207 collapse

between the mortal and divine realms

only sound the soft hum of the

around me begins to shudder and buck like a

footing as the roots

I yell , panic

, Lirien says , its voice

will not let you leave without

darkness spring from the earth , their undulations

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

, Luna ! Lirien shouts ; its voice rings out

tendrils lash about , one flicking

, deadening my limbs , and blurring my

the roots below my

tendrils , his body inflating to a towering mass

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