Chapter 63 The FirstBetrayal

　　Caitlyn’s POV 　　The Moonborn Ruins were not what I expected. 　　I had imagined crumbling stone walls, vines reclaiming ancient structures, a place long forgotten by time. But what lay before me was something else entirely. The ruins still stood, eerily intact, their stone foundations gleaming under the silver moonlight. The air hummed with power, charged with something ancient and restless, as if the past itself had been preserved here, waiting for someone to unravel its secrets. 　　The Elders had sent me here alone, saying that my final trial awaited within these walls. A trial that would determine if I was truly worthy of my bloodline. I had passed their first test. I had survived the visions of my parents, learned of the traitor in my midst. But now, as I stepped onto the sacred ground, I knew this was different. 　　This was not a lesson. This was a battle. 　　The wind howled through the ruins, carrying whispers in a language I didn’t understand. The sound made my skin prickle, and my