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.

High House, cloak still dragging the grave dirt behind

said calmly. "It’s time I introduced

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front of me, growling, their bodies tense..sensing the danger that I am. Their

I didn’t come to fight. Not yet. Raising my hands,

not a threat,"

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

foot crossed the threshold, the past crashed down around

Claus. Anna.

didn’t recognize me...just as

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

them both and snapped my fingers. A surge

shivered, and then her eyes

breathed. "Oh my

her like a strike of lightning. Claus beside

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

and broken. The bruises on him told me Hazel or whoever she is now...had truly

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

body. And if you’d all give me five minutes, I’d explain. But first,

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

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

still on his knees, holding Hazel’s limp body, snapped his head

"You’re just another witch coming here to take

I cut in sharply. "The baby... it’s already gone?" His words hit me like

"What?"

baby," Caspian said, his voice almost

timed it perfectly. I awakened the moment the child

took it? Who

you anything?" Cayden growled, his wolves now surrounding me again. They didn’t

"Versa."

every wolf’s mind. They dropped to their knees, clutching

it stop," I said sweetly, "if you let

in horror.

desperately. I

Silence fell.

my voice steady and grave. Correct

"I am Hazel’s mother."

went still. For a heartbeat, no one breathed. And then

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

tell your children who am I..." Anna

on me now. Go ahead, tell your sons who I

hands shook. "Boys... I swear, I forgot. I didn’t remember her until she stepped

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

Claus

Just in case. But now I’ve restored them because

My voice hardened.

baby must be

Caden demanded. "What happens

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

we find

"Because if we don’t..."

looked up. My eyes were glowing

live to experience another

forward, still

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

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