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CHAPTER 19 : " A Love Reborn "

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last update Last Updated: 2025-03-27 13:47:25

The wind carried the scent of ash and jasmine.

Selene stood at the balcony of the reclaimed Council fortress, overlooking the now-quiet ruins of what had been a battlefield. She wore a robe of midnight silk that billowed like shadow around her. The Lunar Crown, jagged and imperfect, rested in her hand instead of on her head. She hadn’t decided if she would wear it.

Not yet.

Not when her heart still ached.

Not when Ryker, alive but… changed, slept behind her.

Because bringing someone back from the dead didn’t come without cost.

And the weight of that truth had begun to seep into her bones.

One week earlier…

The night Ryker drew his first breath again had been the most euphoric and terrifying moment of Selene’s life.

He’d clutched her hand with urgency, as though returning from a place of nightmares. His golden eyes glowed with a strange silver undertone—remnants of the Moonborn power that brought him back.

His touch was warm. His voice was the same.

But something in his spirit… wasn’t.
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