Chapter 57 When Shadows Call My Name

• The visions left me trembling. Even now, in the endless dark, I could still hear the whisper of that woman’s voice—my mother—pleading, “Never reveal her blood. It will condemn her.”
• My fists clenched against the cold nothingness. My blood. My birthright. Words that should have felt like salvation instead chained me with fear.
• I had begged my entire life to know where I belonged, and when the truth finally brushed my skin, it burned like a brand. Shadow Moonborn. The very name made my heart squeeze. A line of beings feared for crossing Veils, for bending the unseen. No wonder the darkness had always felt alive around me. No wonder it answered when I cried.