Luna Aurora (Alpha Fenrir)

Chapter 327

The tension in the chamber was suffocating. Elyra stood between Dain and Luna Althea, her heart torn as she tried to make sense of the conflict unfolding before her. Althea's words echoed in her mind, the prophecy pressing against her chest like a heavy weight. But it wasn't just the prophecy. It was Dain-the darkness inside him was growing, and she didn't know how much longer he could hold on.

"Elyra," Althea said softly, her voice calm yet filled with urgency. "You have the power to wield the light. I can teach you how to control it-how to balance the darkness within you." Her gaze shifted toward Dain, her expression unreadable. "But Dain's connection to the shard... it's dangerous. The darkness is consuming him."

Elyra swallowed hard, her heart aching as she glanced at Dain. He stood with his arms crossed, his jaw clenched in silent fury. She had known the darkness was growing in him, but hearing Althea say it so plainly it was a gut punch.

"I won't let it consume me," Dain snapped, his voice rough with emotion. "You just want her to destroy me, don't you?" His eyes burned with accusation as he pointed a trembling finger at Althea. "That's your plan. Manipulate her into using her light magic and then watch me fall into the shadows."

Elyra's breath caught in her throat. She wanted to defend Althea, to explain that she didn't want any of this, but the truth was too complicated. Dain's anger, his pain-it was all consuming him, and Elyra didn't know how to stop it.

But the shard's power cannot be ignored. If you do not regain

You have no idea what it's like. I've been fighting this darkness my entire life, and now you want me to just... give up?" His voice cracked with the weight

you. But we can't keep going down this path. We need to face the truth, or it'll destroy us

won't let her control

choice, child. The

the truth that was right in front of her. The darkness in him was too dangerous, and if she didn't learn to control the light

don't have to choose yet," she whispered, her voice breaking as she reached out to Dain. "Please, just-just listen to me.

filled with pain. "I don't need your help anymore, Elyra." His voice trembled, but there was a coldness to it now. "I don't

of the chamber, his footsteps echoing in the silence that followed. Elyra stood frozen, unable to move, unable to breathe. Her heart shattered as she watched him go.

has been made. But you still have time, Elyra. You still have the

door Dain had just left through. She felt a pull in her chest, a longing to chase after him, but the path before her was unclear. If she followed him, she risked losing herself in the