Chapter 370: The long game - revelations...

Miriam

"What the fuck is going on?" Ramsey snapped, staring at us. "Did I miss a memo? I thought Cassidy was fighting for him?"

"Well," I rubbed at the back of my neck as my gaze strayed to Lyla, who nodded quietly. "There’s something you all need to know. About how we got to this stage and why Circe is still alive and Cassidy is here with us."

Ramsey turned to me, his face still pale from Xander’s attack, but his eyes filled with curiosity. "What do you mean?"

I took a deep breath, knowing that what I was about to reveal would alter their perception of everything that had happened. "It began when Xander kidnapped Lyla. I went to the Moon Temple to meet with Mother Liora, to show her the picture of the markings that had appeared on Lyla’s back and to also help me understand what was going on."

Ramsey’s eyes widened in shock. "She was kidnapped? When? How did I not know about this?"

I nodded grimly. "It happened long before we came back to Blue Ridge. Around that time, Lyla left. You weren’t together and..." I trailed off, turning to look at Lyla.

"It happened so long ago, my love," Lyla finished, flashing Ramsey a smile. "I forgot to mention it."

"But that kidnapping was the catalyst for everything that followed afterwards," I added.

"I discovered strange markings on Lyla’s back, and Mother Liora took one look at those markings and knew immediately who Lyla was," I continued. "She revealed to me that Lyla was the Moonsinger, destined to either save our world or watch it burn. But she also told me something else—something that nearly broke my heart."

I paused, seeing the tension building in everyone’s faces.

"She told me the interpretation of the original prophecy: Lyla was destined to die. That the only way to defeat the Dark One was through her death."

Council," Ramsey interrupted, his voice tight

who nodded slowly. "I knew way before they told me, Ramsey. Xander was the first person who told me and wouldn’t shut up about it during my captivity. He was so proud of having found me, so

Xander’s certainty against him. We decided to dance to his tune, to make him believe

frowned. "What do you

and especially through the orb incident. You know about that, right?" I asked, as my gaze drifted to my daughter again. I didn’t want to

a psychic link between them. He could sense her thoughts,

Constantly acting like I wanted nothing to do with my powers, like I was afraid of what I was, so that Xander would think

manifested to Lyla, every time he tried to manipulate her through their link, he was transferring small amounts of his power

brings us to Cassidy," I said, turning to

face showing a mixture of shame and pride. "I was bitter at first," she admitted. "All I wanted was to kill Lyla and claim my place as Ramsey’s mate.

Mother Liora reached out to me. She told me I had an important role to play in bringing the Dark One’s reign to an end. That my bitterness and jealousy could be weapons against him if I were willing to

against Lyla, but really, she was feeding him false information, making him overconfident, leading him exactly where

Ramsey fumed. "She stabbed her. Was that supposed to be some

of the plan," Cassidy lowered her head in shame. "I had to do it to remove every doubt the Dark One had in me. He was right there watching everything. I’m sorry, and I were careful not to

shook his head, laughing dryly. "I don’t know if I want to keep

came forward. "I had a part to play as well. Mother Liora asked me to help create confusion around

scattered throughout various archives and libraries. Conflicting accounts of what the Moonsinger’s destiny truly was, false information about binding rituals, and completely

asked, clearly struggling to understand

access her thoughts, her plans, her knowledge. So everything she learned, everything she discovered, had to

it was real. We planted all of those

"You mean the binding ritual, the requirements for the sacrifice, all

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