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 ,

generations , tainting tragedies and giving birth

is tied into the lifeblood of

me , eating away some of my

fix it , I insist

break the curse ? Liriens eyes flash , its voice heavier

tree

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

is it ? I ask although I know it deep

for a life , Lirien says in a serious tone

for the curse to be lifted , there

will the balance be restored

it presses down upon me , the

, my

to be another way ,

other way , Lirien

of the grove runs deep , its roots tainted

of

chest tightens as I

me to

this might work ? Liriens form flickers

a

a choice

you can

the pendant on my chest , its

grove as is ? The corruption will spread , Lirien says , his voice unyielding

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

that , the balance between the mortal and divine

sound the soft hum of the

answer , the earth around me begins

barely keeping my footing as the roots twist and writhe like living things

,

has sensed your presence , Lirien says

let you

earth , their undulations wild and predatory as

flare , the light dancing

Luna ! Lirien shouts ; its voice rings out across the glade

it devours you ! The tendrils lash about , one flicking along

deadening

as the roots below

5/6 Lirien gets between me and the tendrils , his body inflating to a towering mass of

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