Chapter 346: Trials of echoes - the way forward.

Lyla

Neriah reached for him, but he stepped back. At that moment, something between them shattered. She did not know it then, but that rejection, that denial, was the moment the darkness crept in stronger.

"I can help you," Neriah insisted. "You broke your oaths, we can make sacrifices, and mend your relationship back with the goddess, you don’t need to give yourself to darkness. Please..."

But Corvus had already made his choice. The darkness claimed him completely; with it, he had gained something terrible – the ability to turn werewolves into mindless, bloodthirsty Ferals.

And he unleashed it upon the Auréans.

The Northern Forest burned.

The Auréans, guardians of the world, who had lived for centuries in peace, fell one by one – not to swords or claws, but to Corvus’ dark powers, which twisted them into soulless monsters.

I watched as Neriah tried to stop it. How she tried to help her people cling onto their sanity.

Hundreds died as dark energy ripped through the settlement, turning friend against friend, parent against child.

She found Corvus under his favourite oak tree.

"Corvus, stop this!" she had screamed, her voice filled with heartbreak.

"You did this," he whispered. "You left me no choice."

Rian and Thames fell, trying to defend her from him.

in two—his body was

will ensure you cannot use your powers. You will have no form; I will trap you eternally, and we will both know

grief, Neriah sang a song of binding, using the last

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littered with dead bodies. Horror filled me as I recognised them—Nanny, Terra, Lenny, Clarissa,

knew that would be my reality. If I didn’t try to stop Xander in any way, I would watch my loved

more would need

is what awaits if you

looked up to see Xander standing at the edge of the field, his hand

his voice almost gentle. "Embrace who

misplaced feelings. I know who my heart belongs to. I love only one man

did," he said with a

this, right? I knew this day was going to come

wolf made sure of that. Stop lying. You’ve lied to

"You know, the binding that tethers me to this endless cycle of return," he said, "When Neriah tried to contain me, she used blood

was

she carried complicated the magic. Instead of destroying me or freeing me, she created a cycle—I return again

asking me to

to complete what Neriah started," he corrected. "Not with death, but with understanding.

anything you say?" I challenged. "You’ve

is my rebirth. I am tired of doing this over and over again. It gets exhausting. Destruction isn’t the answer. Neither is eternal binding. Open up the gates. Neriah sealed me and give me back my form. Like the way you transformed those Ferals back to their

something stirring within me—not just my power, but understanding. Every Moonsinger before me had tried to defeat the Dark One through binding and sacrifice. None had succeeded

healing. He was a lovesick fool bent on destroying an entire generation of Lycans. He wanted

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