Chapter 30 Trial By Moonlight

• The moon hung low that night—huge and red as blood.
• Its light poured through the stained-glass windows of the Council Hall, painting the marble floors in shades of crimson and gold. Every Elder stood in a circle around me, their robes whispering as they moved.
• Chains of silver wrapped around my wrists. They burned against my skin, humming with enchantment. I could feel the power thrumming in them—made to suppress wolves, to cage magic.