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Chapter 95: The Ultimatum
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The moment the messenger’s words left his lips, a chill ran down my spine. Midnight. That gave us less than twelve hours to make a decision that could determine the fate of Silverwood. The enemy’s plans were advancing faster than we had anticipated, and we were running out of time.“What’s the new ultimatum?” I demanded, my voice sharper than I intended. The messenger flinched, but he quickly regained his composure.“They want you to surrender by midnight,” he said, catching his breath. “If you don’t… they’ve threatened to destroy Silverwood completely. They’ve positioned explosives around the perimeter, and they’re ready to detonate them if their demands aren’t met.”My heart pounded in my chest. “Explosives?” I echoed, my mind racing. “How did they manage to plant explosives without us noticing?”Marlow stepped forward, his expression grim. “We’ve been too focused on the internal threats. We underestimated how far they were willing to go. This changes everything.”“We need to find
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The air was thick with tension as we gathered in the war room. Dust and smoke still hung in the air, the remnants of the explosion that had nearly cost us everything. Clara was resting in the infirmary, bruised but thankfully alive. Marlow stood beside me, his jaw clenched, eyes hard. We didn’t have time to rest. Not now.I spread the documents we’d recovered from the explosion on the table, my hands trembling. “This is it,” I said, my voice barely above a whisper. “This is what we’ve been looking for.”Everyone leaned in, eyes fixed on the papers before us. They detailed the conspiracy’s plans, strategies, and—most importantly—a weakness we hadn’t known about before.“They’re moving their main forces to the north,” I continued, pointing to a crude map marked with enemy positions. “If we strike here,” I tapped the map again, “we could catch them off guard. It’s a weak spot in their defenses. But we need to act fast.”Marlow nodded, his face grim. “It’s risky, Sera. If we’re not care
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The night was eerily silent as we moved through the dense forest. Every rustle of leaves, every snap of a twig beneath our boots felt like a thunderclap in the tense stillness. My senses were on high alert, my heart pounding with each step. We were close now. Too close.“Marlow,” I whispered, keeping my voice low. “How much further?”He glanced at the map in his hand, his brow furrowed in concentration. “Not far,” he replied softly. “The supply route should be just ahead. We need to—”A sudden movement in the shadows cut him off, and I froze, instinctively reaching for my dagger. The air grew heavy with the scent of wolves—enemy wolves. They were here, waiting for us.“Ambush!” I hissed, but it was too late.The forest erupted into chaos. Shadows burst from the trees, snarls filling the air as enemy wolves charged us. I barely had time to react before one lunged at me, its fangs bared. I twisted away, slashing with my dagger, but there were too many of them. They came from all side
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I couldn’t stop picturing Cole’s face, twisted with pain as he was dragged away. The image haunted me as we retreated back to the camp. My heart was heavy with guilt and fear. Cole was out there, suffering because I’d failed to protect him. But I wasn’t about to let him down again.“We need to go after him,” I said as soon as we reached the clearing, my voice hard and unyielding. “We can’t leave him with those monsters.”Marlow nodded, his expression just as grim. “Agreed, but we have to be smart about this. We can’t just charge in without a plan.”“I know.” I forced myself to think, pushing aside the fear and panic. “We need to find out where they’re holding him. And we need to do it fast, before they decide he’s more trouble than he’s worth.”“What about the mission?” Samara asked, her face pale and drawn. “We can’t just abandon it, not with so much at stake.”I glanced at her, my mind racing. She was right. We couldn’t afford to lose focus, not now. But I couldn’t leave Cole behin
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My mind was a whirlwind of fear and rage, every nerve screaming at me to act, but I was paralyzed by the enormity of the situation. The enemy leader’s smug face was a constant reminder that I’d walked right into his trap, and now Cole and I were caught in the snare. “You really think you can win by threatening me?” I said, trying to keep my voice steady, though every muscle in my body tensed with the urge to fight. “If you knew anything about me, you’d know I don’t respond well to threats.”“Oh, I know enough about you, Sera,” the leader replied, his smile curling into something sinister. “I know you value your people above all else. That’s your weakness. Your soft spot.”“You call it a weakness,” I shot back, glancing around for any sign of a way out, “but it’s also my strength. My people fight for each other. We don’t abandon our own.”“And yet here you are, with no one to back you up,” he sneered. “Alone, because you thought you could outsmart us. How noble. How utterly foolish.”
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We continued to push through the dense forest, Cole leaning heavily on me with each step. My heart raced, my mind spinning with the events of the past few minutes. We’d escaped—barely. But at what cost? And what had we walked into by trusting Gareth? “Do you hear that?” Cole whispered, his voice strained with pain and exhaustion. I strained my ears, hearing nothing but the rustling leaves and distant bird calls. My senses were on high alert, every muscle coiled, ready for the next threat. “No, but we can’t stay here. We need to keep moving.” Cole nodded, though I could see the fear in his eyes. Fear I shared. But we had no other choice. We trudged forward, every step a struggle. The forest seemed to close in around us, each shadow stretching and bending as if reaching out to grab us. I glanced over my shoulder, half-expecting to see Gareth or the enemy leader barreling toward us, but the path remained empty. “What do you think Gareth was really doing there?” Cole asked,
EMBRACING THE FORSAKEN LUNA Chapter 102: The True Intentions
I spun around, heart thundering in my chest as the footsteps grew louder, branches snapping underfoot. "Who is it?" I hissed to Gareth, adrenaline surging through my veins. "Are they with you?"Gareth’s face hardened, his gaze narrowing as he scanned the trees. "No," he muttered, reaching for a weapon hidden beneath his coat. "This isn't my doing."Cole stiffened beside me, his body tense and ready for a fight. "What now, Sera?" he asked quietly, his eyes flicking between Gareth and the approaching threat. "Do we run, or stand our ground?"I gritted my teeth, my mind racing through our options. Running wasn’t an option, not with Cole still injured. And Gareth… I still didn’t know if I could trust him. But I wasn’t about to let some new threat drive us out of the forest—not when we were so close to finding answers."We stand our ground," I decided, lifting my chin and meeting Gareth’s eyes. "You said you wanted an alliance, right? Prove it. Help us get out of this alive."Gareth nodde
EMBRACING THE FORSAKEN LUNA chapter 103: The New Threat Emerges
I stared at the massive wolf stepping out of the shadows, its eyes glowing with an unnatural light. My breath caught in my throat, and for a moment, the forest around us fell silent, every pair of eyes locked on the beast that now dominated the clearing.The enemy’s leader had arrived.A low, menacing growl rumbled from the wolf’s throat, a sound that seemed to vibrate through the very ground beneath my feet. Gareth tightened his grip on his weapon beside me, his expression tense. Cole took a half step closer to me, his own eyes wide with shock and fear.“This changes everything,” Gareth muttered under his breath, his gaze never leaving the wolf. “We can’t fight them all, not like this.”“We don’t have a choice,” I replied, my voice barely more than a whisper. My mind raced, trying to process this new development. The presence of the enemy’s leader here, now, could only mean one thing—they were planning something big, something that would change the course of this conflict for good
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