Chapter 27: The Final Choice

The Void appeared three days later.

It wasn’t a creature.

It was emptiness.

Wherever it passed, magic disappeared.

Wolves lost their powers.

The moonlight vanished.

Even the Shadow Wolf inside me became silent.

The Void wanted one thing.

The Black Moon bloodline.

I stood at the edge of the kingdom.

Kael beside me.

Mira behind us.

My mother holding the ancient sword.

Thousands of wolves waited.

The Void spoke.

Give me the heir.

I stepped forward.

“No.”

You cannot defeat me.

“Maybe not.”

Kael looked at me.

I smiled.

“But I don’t have to.”

The Void attacked.

I opened the Black Moon bond.

Every wolf connected.

Every heartbeat became one.

Not control.

Connection.

The Void couldn’t understand it.

It had nothing to possess.

Nothing to dominate.

It began collapsing.

I raised my hands.

Silver.

Black.

Fire.

All three bloodlines united.

The Void screamed.

The moon returned.

The darkness vanished.

And for the first time…

The Black Moon mark on my wrist disappeared.

I was free.