Chapter 185

CHAPTER 27… VALENTINA The Moonwell screamed awake beneath our feet. A voice... Ancient. Furious. And grieving. Silver cracks tore through the stone platform in branching veins of light, and the water at the center of the well surged upward in a massive spiraling column, as if the moon itself were being dragged from the depths of the world. Luciano cried out again, and this time his cry wasn’t just fear— it carried power. The sigils above us shuddered. The third faction shifted for the first time in true alarm. “The Veil is collapsing ahead of the Cycle,” one of them intoned sharply. “This should not be possible—” “But it is,” the dark entity whispered with savage delight. “Because the Bridge has been chosen.” The silver column of Moonwell light slammed into my chest. A scream tore through me as memories of entire lifetimes detonated through me. I saw myself crowned in twin moons… I saw two wolves coiled within one soul— one of silver starlight, one of nightfire. I saw Queens forging th