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 ?

tragedies and giving birth to

tied into the lifeblood of the pack , and it was poisoned

eating away

tell me how to fix

I break the curse ? Liriens eyes flash , its

the tree holds your answer

ground , and my eyes catch an inscription on the trunk : Chapter 207 To restore what was

is it ? I ask although I know

life , Lirien says

lifted , there needs to be one of free will who

will the balance

it presses down upon me , the feeling like

whisper , my head shaking in

another way , another thing we could

is no other way , Lirien

of the grove runs deep , its

the purest act of selflessness can cleanse it

chest tightens as I take a

me

chance that this might work ? Liriens form flickers

not a demand , Luna

a

you can

press a hand to the pendant on my chest , its faint warmth a fragile

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

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

the mortal and divine

only sound the

the earth around me begins to shudder and buck like a

footing as the

? I yell , panic

Lirien says ,

let you leave without a

undulations wild and predatory as they slither towards me

with a weak flare , the light dancing within it like

Lirien shouts ; its voice

you ! The tendrils lash about , one

through me , deadening my limbs

scream , tumbling backward as the roots below my feet

Lirien gets between me and the tendrils , his body inflating to

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