Chapter 60 AURORA The shadows surrounded me, drowning me.
They burned away at my skin, at my soul.
I couldnt see.
I couldnt breathe.
The last thing I remembered seeing was Danes face, terrified but determined.
And I was cold.
So, so cold.
Cold to my bones and my heart and the core of my spirit.
I felt the ice spreading through me, turningbrittle and numb.
Like trees of lace, the ice spread from the places the shadows touched me, reaching for my chest.
If it touched my heart, I knew, it would stop.
Then something whispered through the night, No, this one must be preserved.
She is the key to the cage.
She is the flesh that frees.
As fearful as I was, that voice terrifiedmore than anything I had ever heard before. Then something warm touched my chest.
Light flashed silver hot behind my lids, and even though I didnt move, I felt ... lifted. Up, away from the voice.
Chapter 60 Out of the terrible place with the voice and the cold to a place of nothing. No fear, but no safety.
Ho discomfort, but no comfort, For long time, the nothing stayed.
Ihadde of, or movement, or anything.
And then there was something.
I was no longer cold, I was warm.
I was in a bed, in a room.
But I will couldnt wake.
I tried reaching my hands in front of me, stumbling around until I found a wall, a door, a hatch.
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There was nothing.
The dark went on forever.
This wasnt the sas the terrifying voice from before .
This was softer, Marmer.
Feminine.
Out of thirtinct, I moved toward it.
Hello? I called.
I cant see you! I am here.
No longer in my head, the voice sounded more solid.
It cfrom a place in front of me, not far off.
I stumbled forward.
My foot caught.
I tripped.
Fell.
My hands 2 Chapter 60 crashed to the ground 3/5 And where the hit, there was light.
It ripped out in waves, silver and blue and violet.
The darkness was eaten away, and I stood.
I was in a quiet place filled with natural standing stones.
Trees were thick all around.
Above, the night sky was crusted with stars.
Beforewas a woman.
She looked young one moment, old the next.
Then, she was ageless.
Who are you? I asked.
Where am I? The woman smiled, and it was kind.
You know me, she said.
And I did.
Of course, I did .
Every wolf knew the moon goddess.
For a moment, the dream ... glitched.
Terror overwhelmed me, and I saw the clearing for what it was.
These werent trees.
They were the sshadows of black, ropey ooze.
This was no woman, but a specter of death.
Do not be deceived! someone cried from far, far away.
I opened my mouth to scream ... And then the dream glitched again .
Back to the clearing.
The fear disappeared.
My memories went fuzzy.
Id been afraid, but... that was back below.
Where the shadows were.
Chapter 60 Not here, with this woman.
Who was ... 4/5 Moon goddess! I stumbled forward again and this tI fell to my knees.
The coldness cback, and fear gripped my chest.
Am I dead? My children ... ! She laughed softly and cto stand before me.
She bent and took my chin in her hand.
Her fingers were so, so cold.
You are walking the borders between, but a mistake was made.
For a moment, her eyes flashed like hard ice.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmYou must not die, for you belong to me.
You always have.
There was something ominous about her statement.
Something that made my stomach churn with unease.
I need to go back, I whispered.
My children... She nodded.
You will go back.
You will translate the book.
You will unlock the prison.
She smiled, and for half a second, her teeth were row after row of fangs Fear returned, sharp and hard.
I tried to pull away.
No! I- Her thumb passed over my cheek, and I calmed.
How silly, to think Id seen something evil in this woman.
Chapter 60 5/5 You will serve me, she said.
Just like you were raised to do.
Of course, goddess, I whispered.
She reached down her free hand and placed it over my chest.
Tendrils off oil seemed to seep from my chest into her hand The content hest into istom novelenglish.net! She tucked it behind her back.
There.
The mistake is fixed
Always remember ... Her face flashed into a skull with black flames dancing in its eyes, and her voice turned to the sound of a thousand broken shards of glass screeching against each other. you are mine.
***** I woke, screaming.
A strong hand grabbed mine.
I was pulled against a warm hard chest, cradled close.
He whispered, Aurora ! Its all right.
Im here.