“Mine.”The word entered Luna's bones.Not her ears.Not her mind.Her bones.Her knees buckled.Darius caught her before she hit the ground, even though he was barely standing himself.Around them, Black Moon collapsed.Hundreds of wolves lay pressed against the earth.Aurora whimpered inside Luna.Orion snarled inside Darius.The First Mother clawed at the black collar around her throat.Caelus was worse.His enormous black-golden body convulsed as the collar burned directly into the white-golden scars covering him.The forgotten woman stood beneath the First Tree.Silver crown on her head.Empty eyes.Smiling.Luna's terror vanished.Rage replaced it.“My children.”Nothing.No Auren.No Nyra.The space beneath her heart felt horrifyingly quiet.Darius felt it too.His hand flattened against Luna's stomach.“Auren.”Nothing.“Nyra.”Nothing.His face changed.Luna had seen Darius angry.She had seen him murderous.She had watched him stand against gods, kings, Hunger, death itself.
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