Chapter 64: The rise of the crescent

*~Lilith’s POV~*

I had set a timer on myself..,one that would awaken me the moment that child was born.

But I wasn’t expecting it to be so soon.

I rose from the graveyard where I had buried myself, cloaked in soil and silence, and immediately reached for the Dreamer. The child had arrived.

I needed to get to the High House. Now.

But... why so soon? I expected months—at least. Not this sudden.

Something’s wrong. The child must remain intact, untouched, whole, for me to complete the ritual. To lay my hands on it. To awaken my crescents.

It should be there. In the High House. The exact place the prophecy promised.

So I moved. And when I arrived at the gates of the High House... my jaw dropped.

This wasn’t the scene I expected.

No celebration. No music. No roaring joy of a Luna giving birth.

Only death. The front doors were wide open...careless, ominous. As if chaos had walked right in and taken residence. I stepped inside.

And froze.

The floor was littered with wolves. Some bloodied. Some groaning. Others lying too still. From upstairs and downstairs, I could feel the vibrating tension of hundreds of wolves shifting, growling, surrounding hazel..

She stood in the center of it all, dagger in hand. Her stance? Like a goddess of war. Her aura? Like nothing I had felt in decades.

I immediately looked to her stomach. Flat. No signs of recent birth. What?

Where is the child?

My eyes darted to Cayden, crumpled on the floor, held back by his parents. Caspian, too, was on his feet, watching Hazel with something between heartbreak and terror.

What the hell happened here? And then—it hit me.

Her power had awakened.

That would explain the immense strengthfrom her. The storm in her gaze. And the dominance she holds.

But how?

What could’ve triggered her crescent?

She was mid-step, about to attack rage shimmering in every part of her being...when I moved without thought.

I fired the arrow. It struck her straight in the chest.

She stumbled.

Collapsed to her knees.

And Caspian ran to her, cradling her body in his arms. His voice shook as he tried to wake her.

Cayden’s head whipped toward me, eyes wide.

I stepped forward, pulled off my wide-brimmed hat, and watched the recognition dawn on every face in that room.

"Hazel?" Cayden whispered.

the High House, cloak still dragging the grave dirt behind me, and smiled

"It’s time I introduced

the tension and mystery intact. This version is smoother, more cinematic, and carries that dark, dramatic Lilith

wolves immediately stood in front of me, growling, their bodies tense..sensing the danger that I am.

didn’t come to fight. Not yet. Raising my

not a threat," I

hesitated. Just for a moment. But it was enough. They moved back slightly, parting just enough for me to step

threshold, the past crashed down around us like

Claus. Anna.

didn’t recognize me...just as I had

memories clean of me... just in case. Just in case Hazel turned out like me. And I was right. Gods, I was so

turned to face them both and snapped my fingers. A surge of

and then her eyes

breathed. "Oh my

hit her like a strike of lightning. Claus beside her

my voice low, calm. "I didn’t come here for

The bruises on him told me Hazel or whoever she is

you playing some sick game? Wearing her face like it’s a costume?

face," I replied. "This is my body. And if you’d all give me five minutes, I’d explain. But first, I want every one of

growled. "Then tell us..who are you? Why are you

but firm. "Well... I’m simply here to help. But

snapped his head toward me. His eyes were

he said through clenched teeth. "You’re just another witch coming here to take the

cut in sharply. "The baby... it’s already gone?"

"What?"

his voice almost cracking, "has

That’s impossible. I timed it perfectly. I awakened the

Who took it? Who took

we tell you anything?" Cayden growled, his wolves now surrounding me again. They didn’t understand. But they

"Versa."

every wolf’s mind.

it stop," I said sweetly,

in horror. "Stop it...please! Stop hurting

nodded desperately. I released

Silence fell.

voice steady and

"I am Hazel’s mother."

room went still. For a heartbeat, no one breathed. And then Cayden laughed, dry

joke right? Dahlia didn’t teach you how to lie

tell your children who am I..." Anna didn’t speak. She just...

ahead, tell your sons who I

swear, I forgot. I didn’t remember her until

seen Hazel every day," Caspian said.

didn’t know," Claus

Just in case. But now I’ve restored them

My voice hardened.

trust me. But that baby...Hazel’s baby must be found. Whoever took it must not keep it for more than

Caden demanded. "What happens after

my cloak, and slammed it down

further until we find that child," I

"Because if we don’t..."

up. My

live to experience

forward, still holding Hazel’s unconscious body tightly in his

show up out of nowhere and tell us you’re Hazel’s mother! Where have you been all these years? Where were you when she suffered? When she was broken?

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