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The shadow beasts lunged, their claws tearing through the air as the group scattered to fight. Cassian moved with deadly precision, his blade flashing as he struck the nearest beast. Anica hurled bursts of light at the creatures, their magic disrupting the beasts' shadowy forms long enough for the wolves to press their advantage.

Aurora stood at the center of the chaos, her hand glowing with the Pact's energy. She reached out, sending a wave of light crashing into the nearest beast, disintegrating it into ash.

"Go for the temple!" Cassian shouted, blocking another attack.

Aurora nodded, her silver hair whipping around her as she sprinted toward the entrance. The beasts seemed to sense her intent and swarmed toward her, but Cassian and the others intercepted them, holding the line with sheer force and determination. Inside the temple, the air was thick with an oppressive energy. Aurora's breaths came in short gasps as she followed the faint glow that pulsed deeper within. The walls were lined with ancient carvings, depicting wolves, moons, and an ominous figure shrouded in shadows.

artifact was a perfect crescent of silver, glowing with a light that seemed to pulse in time with her heartbeat. Aurora reached for it, but the moment her fingers brushed the artifact, a wave of energy

but not as she knew him he was younger, his eyes filled with ambition and determination. She watched as he performed a ritual beneath a blood-red moon, the Pact's energy twisting and warping around him. His transformation was violent, his howl of pain echoing as

buckling beneath her. The truth of the Lycan King's corruption

her. The temple trembled violently, cracks

called from the entrance,

got it!" she shouted back, clutching

the temple began to collapse. Aurora ran toward the exit, the Lunar Key's light illuminating her path. Cassian grabbed her hand as she emerged, pulling her

up the Lunar Key, its glow steady and unwavering. "We have it,"

nodded, his golden eyes filled with a mix of

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