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.

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

in defiance. "You don't understand. You have no idea what it's like. I've been fighting this darkness my entire life, and now you want me

toward him, her voice soft and pleading. "Dain, I don't want to lose you. But we can't keep going down

turned away, his back to her as he glared at the ground. "No. I won't let you do this. I won't let her control you." His voice was barely above a whisper, but the finality in it cut

eyes narrowed, and her gaze flicked to Elyra. "You have a choice, child. The light or the darkness. You

to choose. She didn't want to lose Dain, but she couldn't ignore the truth that

to choose yet," she whispered, her voice breaking as she reached out to Dain. "Please,

your help anymore, Elyra." His voice trembled, but there was a coldness to

turned and stormed out 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. She wanted to run after him, to stop him, but something told her that it was already

words were firm. "The choice has been made. But

after him, but the path before her was unclear. If she followed him, she risked losing herself in the darkness too. But if she stayed, she risked losing