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 says

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

lifeblood of the pack , and it was poisoned

, eating away some of my fear

to fix it

? Liriens eyes flash

inscription on the tree holds

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 , one must

? I ask although I know

a life , Lirien says in a

be lifted , there needs to be

then will the

upon me , the feeling like something hangs heavy in

I whisper , my

way , another thing

other way

of the grove runs deep , its roots tainted by centuries of

purest act of selflessness can cleanse it

as I take a step back

me to

this might work ? Liriens form flickers , his voice

not a demand , Luna

is a

only you

to the pendant on my chest , its faint warmth

if I dont do this ? If I just leave the grove as is ? The

in time ,

between the mortal

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

, the earth around me begins to shudder and buck

keeping my footing as the

, panic clawing at

your presence , Lirien says , its voice

you leave without

their undulations wild and predatory as they slither towards me

, the light dancing within it

Luna ! Lirien shouts ; its voice rings out

lash about ,

deadening my limbs , and blurring my

roots below my feet suddenly twist

the tendrils , his

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