Luna Aurora (Alpha Fenrir)

Chapter 326

The air in the chamber grew heavy, the tension thickening like a storm cloud. Elyra stood frozen, the weight of Luna Althea's words pressing down on her chest. The idea that one of them-her or Dain-had to fall to restore balance felt like a cruel, impossible choice. She couldn't-no, she wouldn't-accept it.

Her fingers gripped the shard tightly, its cold surface grounding her as she searched for a way out of this nightmare. But deep down, she knew there was no easy solution. Dain's darkness was growing. She could feel it, the pull of it that tugged at his soul, pushing him further away from the light. And the shard... the shard was its own kind of curse.

"You must understand," Luna Althea's voice echoed, as calm as ever, "the prophecy is not a choice-it is a law of nature. Light and shadow must find balance. One cannot exist without the other, and one must fall for the other to rise."

Elyra's heart raced in her chest, her pulse thundering in her ears. "There has to be another way," she pleaded, her voice breaking. "We've been through so much already there has to be something we can do." Althea's gaze softened, but only slightly. "I wish there were, child. But this is the path you both must walk. The shard's power cannot be wielded without sacrifice. One of you must give up what you hold most dear."

Dain's eyes narrowed as the words sank in, his jaw clenched in a mixture of disbelief and anger. His fingers twitched at his sides, his body tense, ready to explode at any moment. "This... This is your plan, isn't it?" he spat, his voice thick with accusation. "You want us to fight each other. To destroy everything we've built. You want me to embrace the darkness."

this-not even when

Elyra said, her voice desperate as she stepped toward him.

hand. "She's not asking, Elyra. She's demanding it. You heard her. One of us falls, and the other rises. It's as if we've already been set

her head, her voice trembling with emotion. "No. I won't believe that. I can't. We're not just pieces in some prophecy. We

he spat, his voice dark and full of frustration. "You never understood what it's like to live in the shadows-to always fight against what's inside of you. I've been fighting my whole life, Elyra, and every step I take, it pulls

every passing moment. The anger in his voice, the bitterness-it was as if he was slipping further

both must decide. The balance of the world rests on your shoulders. One must stand in the

is the only way?" His fists clenched at his sides, his chest rising and falling with ragged breaths. "You've been manipulating us from the start. You think I don't see that? You think

through her. "I do not desire your fall, Dain. But the prophecy cannot be ignored. The forces

with doubt, but the anger was still there, hot and seething. "I won't fall," he