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."

to the White Mountain Council," Ramsey interrupted, his voice tight with emotion, "Lyla already knew she

"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 confident that he could corrupt me

up the story. "Mother Liora devised a plan—a way to turn Xander’s certainty against him. We decided to dance to his tune, to make him believe he was in control while

"What do

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 complicate things. Lyla

her powers directly," I continued, giving no further explanation on the orb thingy, "he created a psychic link between them. He could sense her thoughts, fuel her fears, and manipulate her

like I wanted nothing to do with my

of Mother Liora’s plan," I continued. "Every time Xander manifested to Lyla, every time he tried to manipulate her through their link, he was transferring small amounts of his power to her. He thought he was feeding off

brings us to Cassidy," I said, turning to

first," she admitted. "All I wanted was to kill Lyla and claim my place as Ramsey’s mate. But after the Harvest Moon festival, after seeing

She told me I had an important role to play in bringing the Dark One’s

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

Lyla," Ramsey fumed. "She stabbed her. Was that

"I had to do it to remove every doubt the Dark One had in me.

Ramsey shook his head, laughing dryly. "I don’t

as well. Mother Liora asked

and libraries. Conflicting accounts of what

clearly struggling to understand

said. "He could access her thoughts, her plans, her knowledge. So everything

it was real. We planted all of those documents, knowing that Lyla would eventually find them and that

me in amazement. "You mean the binding ritual,

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