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.

into the High House, cloak still

I said calmly. "It’s time

rich emotional flow—while keeping all the tension and mystery intact. This version

me, growling, their bodies tense..sensing the

didn’t come to fight. Not yet. Raising my hands, I took a slow step

threat," I

it was enough. They moved back slightly, parting

the past crashed down around us

Claus. Anna.

me...just as I

just in case. Just in case Hazel turned out like me. And I

my fingers. A

and then

she breathed. "Oh

hit her like a

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

The bruises on him told me

her. Are you playing some sick game? Wearing her face like it’s

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

us..who are

my voice soft but firm. "Well... I’m simply

body, snapped his head toward

said through clenched teeth. "You’re

"The baby... it’s already gone?"

"What?"

his voice almost cracking, "has been

impossible. I timed it perfectly. I awakened the moment the child was

Who took it? Who took my

now surrounding me again. They didn’t understand. But they were about

"Versa."

screech echoed inside every wolf’s mind. They dropped to

said sweetly, "if you let

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

desperately. I

Silence fell.

then I spoke, my voice steady and grave. Correct content is

"I am Hazel’s mother."

still. For a heartbeat, no one

has to be a joke right? Dahlia didn’t

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

shy on me now. Go ahead, tell your

shook. "Boys... I swear, I forgot.

you’ve seen Hazel every day," Caspian said. "You had to have noticed the

didn’t know," Claus whispered. "I

I said. "You didn’t fail. I wiped your memories. Just in case. But now

My voice hardened.

don’t care if you trust me. But that baby...Hazel’s baby must be found.

"What

room, pulled my grimoire from beneath my cloak, and slammed it down onto the

we

"Because if we don’t..."

My eyes were

won’t live to experience

he stepped forward, still holding Hazel’s unconscious body tightly

What are you even saying?" he barked. "You can’t just show up out of nowhere and tell us you’re Hazel’s mother! Where have you been all

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