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.

cloak still dragging the grave dirt behind

I said calmly. "It’s

with proper grammar, cleaner structure, and rich emotional flow—while keeping all the tension and mystery intact. This version is smoother, more cinematic, and carries that

their bodies tense..sensing the danger that

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

threat,"

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

the threshold, the past crashed down around us

Claus. Anna.

me...just

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

my fingers. A surge of

then

she breathed. "Oh my

realization hit her like a

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

told me Hazel or whoever she is now...had truly snapped something inside

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

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

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

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

holding Hazel’s limp body, snapped his head toward me.

"You’re just another witch coming here to take the child. Pretending to

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

"What?"

said, his voice almost

I timed it perfectly. I awakened the moment the child was born. That

it? Who took

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

"Versa."

magic exploded outward. A piercing screech echoed inside every wolf’s mind. They

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

face twisted in horror. "Stop it...please!

I released

Silence fell.

my voice steady and grave. Correct content is on

"I am Hazel’s mother."

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

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

am I..." Anna

ahead, tell your sons who I am. Or maybe Claus will do the

"Boys... I swear, I forgot. I didn’t remember her

Caspian said.

didn’t know," Claus

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

"What happens after 24

room, pulled my grimoire from beneath my cloak,

until we

"Because if we don’t..."

My eyes were

to experience

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

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? And now you’re here

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