Luna Aurora (Alpha Fenrir)

Chapter 337

The air in the clearing was thick with tension, every breath heavy with the weight of what was happening. Elyra could barely focus on her surroundings as she knelt before the fractured shard, its light flickering erratically in her trembling hands. The once-solid connection she had with it felt like it was slipping through her fingers, as if the very essence of the shard was breaking apart-just as her bond with Dain had.

The path ahead seemed more impossible with every passing moment. How had it come to this? How had they gone from working side by side, bound by a shared destiny, to standing on opposite sides, barely able to recognize each other? The shard pulsed in her palm, its energy vibrating like an unstable force, and Elyra felt it deep in her bones.

She glanced at the land around her, and the beauty of the clearing had morphed into something darker. The once vibrant colors of the forest now appeared dull and lifeless, the trees twisted and warped as if the very earth was starting to decay. The shard's energy was leaking out, corrupting everything in its wake. The very balance they had fought to preserve was unraveling.

"Elyra," a voice called, pulling her from her thoughts.

She looked up to see Althea approaching, her expression grave, her steps deliberate. The ancient guardian's eyes never left the shard, as if she could sense the imminent danger radiating from it. "Althea," Elyra whispered, feeling the weight of her gaze. "It's breaking. I can feel it."

Althea knelt beside her, her fingers brushing lightly over the shard. Her touch was calm, but there was a tension in her posture that Elyra couldn't ignore. "The shard is fragile, Elyra. Its power has been strained for too long. The rift between you and Dain, the growing darkness-it's pushing it to the edge. If it breaks completely, neither of you will survive."

powerful-more powerful than any one person should wield. But the

it, right?" Elyra's voice cracked, a small, desperate note

the shard, Elyra. It's about the balance between you and Dain. If you both don't find a way to come

moonlight. It felt like a ticking time bomb, its destructive

that was calling to him. The thought made her chest tighten, her pulse quickening. If only she could reach him before it was too late. "Elyra," Althea's voice was soft but firm, pulling her back from her spiraling thoughts. "The shard is a mirror of your bond with Dain. If it fractures completely, it will release the full extent of its

had become. He was slipping further away from her, from everyone. She had to find a

leaping into her throat. The shard pulsed violently in her hand, sending ripples of energy through the air. Althea reached out, steadying Elyra as the land around them seemed to groan in response. "What's

It was changing before their eyes. The once-fertile earth was now turning gray and lifeless, the trees contorting into grotesque shapes, their branches twisted and blackened, as if the very life was being drained from them. The air grew thick with a toxic scent, and the wind carried with

murmured, her voice tinged with worry. "The shard's power is warping the land. It's creating a corrupted zone-a place where the balance has been completely

her throat as she looked around. The corrupted zone was spreading, slowly at first, but growing faster with every passing moment. The air around them seemed heavier, darker, as

around the fractured crystal. "It's going to

we don't act quickly, yes. But there's still time. We need to find Dain. You need to stop this