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 so much loss and pain ?

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

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

me , eating away some of my fear

tell me how to fix it

do I break the curse ? Liriens eyes flash , its voice heavier with meaning

inscription on the tree holds your answer

stretched along the ground , and my eyes catch an inscription on the trunk

? I ask although I

for a life , Lirien says in a serious

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

then will the

me , the

, my

, another thing we could

no other way , Lirien says

the grove runs deep , its

the purest act of selflessness can

as I take a

asking me to give

A chance that this might work ?

is not a demand

a choice

you

hand to the pendant on my chest , its

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

will keep suffering , and in time , the grove

the mortal and

silence falls between us , the only sound the soft hum of the

me begins to shudder and buck like a wild

barely keeping my footing as the roots twist and writhe like

I yell , panic clawing at my chest

presence , Lirien

will not let you leave without a

earth , their undulations wild

light dancing

its voice

lash about ,

shoots through me , deadening my limbs , and blurring my

backward as the roots below my feet

gets between me and the tendrils , his body inflating to a towering mass of

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