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 pack suffered ? Why there was so much loss and pain

, tainting tragedies and giving

the grove is tied into the lifeblood of the pack , and it was poisoned by Kaels

me , eating away some

to fix it , I insist

eyes flash

on the tree

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

ask although I

life for a life , Lirien

heal , for the curse to be lifted , there

the balance be restored

, the feeling like something hangs heavy in the

whisper , my head shaking

another way , another thing

other way

grove runs deep , its roots tainted by

of selflessness

as I take

asking me to

everything … for what ? A chance that this might work ? Liriens form flickers

a demand , Luna

a choice

only you

the pendant on my chest , its faint warmth a fragile

If I just leave the grove as

and in time , the grove will

between the

sound the soft hum of

can answer , the earth around me begins to shudder and buck

my footing as the roots twist and writhe like living

I yell , panic clawing at my chest

Lirien says ,

you leave without a

undulations wild

a weak flare , the light

its voice rings out across the glade

before it devours you ! The tendrils lash about , one

deadening my limbs

, tumbling backward as the roots

the tendrils , his body inflating to a

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