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.

my Lycan form stood on

this is a lullaby, she said aloud, and then she began to sing in a sweet voice

lullaby and

come...» The moon began to hide behind the clouds

the specters will find you...» She had barely finished the last line when distant chimes

toward the sound, but in my distraction, I failed to

spectral shadow emerged from within

of there! I

creature were

she

her to unleash her powers, but

Celine acted faster.

wolf was struck by

in terror, thrown onto the stones

and lunged at it,

strong far too

body without injuring it, while

the tree, which seemed to

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