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.

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

"It’s time I

and rich emotional flow—while keeping all the tension and mystery intact. This version is smoother, more cinematic, and carries that dark, dramatic

bodies tense..sensing the danger that I am. Their instincts weren’t

to fight. Not yet. Raising my hands,

a threat," I said

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

the past crashed down

Claus. Anna.

me...just as I had

me... just in case. Just in case

both and snapped my fingers. A surge of magic pulsed

and then her

she breathed. "Oh

realization hit her like a strike of lightning. Claus

said, my voice low, calm.

The bruises on him told me Hazel or whoever she is

sick game? Wearing her face like it’s a costume? You think this

all give me five minutes, I’d explain. But first, I want every one

tell us..who are you? Why are

soft but firm. "Well... I’m simply here to help. But in return, I

knees, holding Hazel’s limp body, snapped his

he said through clenched teeth. "You’re just another witch coming

it’s already gone?" His words hit me like

"What?"

his voice

impossible. I timed it perfectly. I awakened the moment

took it? Who took

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

"Versa."

of magic exploded outward. A piercing screech echoed inside every wolf’s mind. They dropped to their knees, clutching their skulls

make it stop," I said sweetly, "if

twisted in horror.

I released the

Silence fell.

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

"I am Hazel’s mother."

one

be a joke right? Dahlia didn’t teach you how to

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

Anna," I smirked. "Don’t get shy on me now. Go ahead, tell your sons who

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

every day," Caspian said. "You

didn’t know," Claus whispered. "I didn’t

didn’t fail. I wiped your memories. Just in case. But now I’ve restored them because I need

My voice hardened.

must be found. Whoever took it must not keep it for

Caden demanded. "What

pulled my grimoire from beneath my cloak, and slammed it down onto the table. Dust scattered. Power

explaining further until we find

"Because if we don’t..."

up. My eyes

live to

he stepped forward, still holding

you’re Hazel’s mother! Where have

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