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.

House, cloak still dragging

calmly. "It’s time I introduced

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

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

Raising my hands, I took a slow step

not a threat," I said

They moved back slightly,

crossed the threshold, the past crashed down

Claus. Anna.

didn’t recognize me...just as

in case. Just in case Hazel turned out like me.

face them both and snapped my fingers. A surge of magic pulsed

shivered, and then her eyes

she breathed. "Oh

body—and the realization hit her like a strike of lightning.

I said, my voice low,

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

it," he spat. "You look exactly like her. Are you playing some sick game? Wearing

anyone’s 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

are

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

Hazel’s limp body, snapped his head toward me. His eyes were

because of the baby, isn’t it?" he said through clenched teeth. "You’re just another witch coming here

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

"What?"

said, his voice

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

took it? Who took

surrounding me again. They didn’t understand. But they were about to. I raised

"Versa."

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

stop," I said sweetly, "if you

horror. "Stop

nodded desperately. I released the

Silence fell.

my voice steady

"I am Hazel’s mother."

room went still. For a heartbeat, no one

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

am I..." Anna didn’t speak.

Go ahead, tell

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

day," Caspian said. "You

Claus

fail. I wiped your memories. Just in case. But now I’ve restored them because I

My voice hardened.

me. But that baby...Hazel’s baby must be found.

demanded. "What happens

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

further until we

"Because if we don’t..."

My

live to experience another

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

show up out of nowhere and tell us you’re Hazel’s mother! Where have you been all

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