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Under the red moonlight, is the sight of the tragedy.

Three figures emerged from the woods, all with barely healing injuries. Snow crunched beneath muddied boots, the sound cutting through the strange stillness that hung tensed over the clearing.

The moonlight has returned, seeping little by little through the clouds, no longer veiled by the eclipse. Midnight has passed.

The moon’s soft glow fell upon the ruined ritual circle—blood-soaked stones, broken altar, and the scent of black magic long burnt out. In the center of it all, slumped on the ashen ground, the Alpha—Sebastian lay unmoving. And beside him, his queen, Veronica, knelt, her trembling hands covered in blood… of not just his and her own.

She wasn’t crying.

Not anymore.

Not after she has already poured all of her tears out.

A sharp whistle broke the air.

Veronica looked up sharply, eyes narrowing—guarded.

From the edge of the forest, cloaked in shadow and exhaustion, the Rozeiros siblings came to light
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