Traded To The Lycan King

T'll go check the inscriptions, Valeria said as she started up the worn stone steps leading to the top of the hill.

Follow her, Celine.

Protect her at the slightest danger.

Celine nodded and climbed after her toward the site, which looked nothing like the previous Altars.

The clock was frozen, covered in ancient numbers and spheres indicating the lunar phases.

Moss and vines had overtaken it.

It seemed like part of the tree itself, surrounded by the gnarled knots of the bark.

I watched as Valeria traced her fingers over intertwined letters bordering the artifacts face.

Iglanced at the sky, where clouds were moving faster than normal.

Something was about to changeI could feel it.

The forest whispered warnings.

stood on

lullaby, she said aloud, and then she began to sing in

lyrics of the lullaby and what followed brought anything but

«Sleep, Juno, sleep now, or the shadows will come...» The moon began to hide

the Goddess is not in the sky, the specters will find you...» She had barely finished the last line when distant chimes echoed from somewhere in the

turned our heads toward the sound, but in my

within the twisted trunk, looming

Run, get out of there! I

the creature were already

she

for her to unleash her powers,

Celine acted faster.

sisters wolf was struck by the attack, pushing Valeria

Valeria screamed in terror, thrown onto the

at the cursed specter and lunged at it,

was strong far too

its body

tree, which seemed to be its