Luna Aurora novel (Alpha Fenrir)

The air in the chamber grew heavy, the tension thickening like a storm cloud. Elyra stood frozen, the weight of Luna Althea's words pressing down on her chest. The idea that one of them-her or Dain-had to fall to restore balance felt like a cruel, impossible choice. She couldn't-no, she wouldn't-accept it.

Her fingers gripped the shard tightly, its cold surface grounding her as she searched for a way out of this nightmare. But deep down, she knew there was no easy solution. Dain's darkness was growing. She could feel it, the pull of it that tugged at his soul, pushing him further away from the light. And the shard... the shard was its own kind of curse.

"You must understand," Luna Althea's voice echoed, as calm as ever, "the prophecy is not a choice-it is a law of nature. Light and shadow must find balance. One cannot exist without the other, and one must fall for the other to rise."

Elyra's heart raced in her chest, her pulse thundering in her ears. "There has to be another way," she pleaded, her voice breaking. "We've been through so much already there has to be something we can do." Althea's gaze softened, but only slightly. "I wish there were, child. But this is the path you both must walk. The shard's power cannot be wielded without sacrifice. One of you must give up what you hold most dear."

Dain's eyes narrowed as the words sank in, his jaw clenched in a mixture of disbelief and anger. His fingers twitched at his sides, his body tense, ready to explode at any moment. "This... This is your plan, isn't it?" he spat, his voice thick with accusation. "You want us to fight each other. To destroy everything we've built. You want me to embrace the darkness."

Elyra's breath caught in her throat. She turned to Dain, her heart aching at the raw fury in his eyes. She had never seen him like this-not even when they had fought their way through the shadow wolves, not even when they faced impossible odds. The anger radiating off him was unlike anything she had ever encountered.

"That's not what she's saying, Dain," Elyra said, her voice desperate as she stepped toward him. "She's not asking us to destroy each other."

But Dain's eyes remained cold, unyielding, and his gaze flickered briefly to the shard in her hand. "She's not asking, Elyra. She's demanding it. You heard her. One of us falls, and the other rises. It's as if we've already been set on this path-like our fates were decided before we ever even knew."

Elyra shook her head, her voice trembling with emotion. "No. I won't believe that. I can't. We're not just pieces in some prophecy. We have a choice. We have to."

But Dain was already stepping back, his anger rising like a tide. "You don't get it, do you?" he spat, his voice dark and full of frustration. "You never understood what it's like to live in the shadows-to always fight against what's inside of you. I've been fighting my whole life, Elyra, and every step I take, it pulls me deeper. I'm not the person I used to be. And now I'm supposed to choose between you and the power I need to control it all?" He threw up his hands, frustration lacing every word. "I can't win. And I won't be the one who's forced to fall."

Elyra felt her heart shatter as the distance between them grew. She could feel the darkness creeping in on him, its weight pressing down on him more with every passing moment. The anger in his voice, the bitterness-it was as if he was slipping further and further away from her, from the twin bond they had shared.

Luna Althea's gaze never wavered. She spoke again, her voice carrying a weight of inevitability. "You both must decide. The balance of the world rests on your shoulders. One must stand in the light, and one must embrace the shadow."

Dain laughed bitterly, the sound hollow and cruel. "And you expect me to trust you? To believe that this is the only way?" His fists clenched at his sides, his chest rising and falling with ragged breaths. "You've been manipulating us from the start. You think I don't see that? You think I can't feel it?" He stepped closer to Althea, his eyes burning with accusation. "You want me to be the one who falls. Don't you?"

The guardian's eyes were unflinching, but there was a sadness there, a deep sorrow that seemed to echo through her. "I do not desire your fall, Dain. But the prophecy cannot be ignored. The forces you both wield are too great to remain unchecked. If you do not choose if you do not make the sacrifice- there will be no balance. And the world will fall with you."

Dain's eyes flickered with doubt, but the anger was still there, hot and seething. "I won't fall," he whispered, as if trying to convince himself. "I won't let it happen."

Elyra's heart ached as she watched him, the man she had once known, now slipping into the darkness with every passing moment. She wanted to reach out to him, to remind him of who he was, but the weight of Luna Althea's words was too heavy.

The room seemed to grow colder, the air thick with the tension between them. Elyra felt as if the ground beneath her was crumbling away, her connection to Dain fraying with every heartbeat. She had always known this day would come, but to face it now-this choice that would rip their bond apart-it was more than she could bear.noveldrama

-: Dain reacts angrily, accusing Althea of manipulating them.