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Chapter Twenty Nine

A lunam rixam was an old tradition that started from when the first werewolves existed. Generations later and werewolves still abided by its rules and used it to settle grave personal disputes.

It loosely meant ‘moon brawl’ or ‘a quarrel with the moon.’ The former translation was more applicable in the context the werewolves used it for.

When a fellow werewolf did something to another that was unforgivable, the aggrieved could issue a lunam rixam challenge.

It was basically a fight to the death under the light of the moon. It was usually done in their werewolf form.

It didn’t always result in one of the participants dying. It could end in a draw.

In some occasions, the winner could decide to the spare the life of the loser. But that was rarely seen. It took a great force of anger and hatred for things to get to a lunam rixam.

People didn’t just throw around the challenge because of a little disagreement or slight issue. It had to be something that had eaten deep en
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