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Chapter 43 – The Unyielding Luna
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LyraFinally, the outermost energies that are racing around me started to soften.My gaze began to sharpen and I saw a great dark room. Just then my feet landed on the ground but I tripped a little, startled by the all the sudden change. Indeed ...this is too much to take.It kept whirling in my head so I said, "I guess. wow that was... weird" I gasped; my eyes got used to the darkness and.... The chamber was surrounded by rising bookshelves that were filled with ancient tomes and scrolls.It smelled like old paper left out to rot in all the corners of the world for a hundred years; air that was so thick and musty with tales untold, you could fill balloons with it."By the goddess," I answered in a hushed voice, "where are we?" Ria's joyful voice rang in Luna's head, 'Looks like we just struck gold, Luna'"The Complete Chronicles of the First Pack," I read aloud. "The Lunar Prophecies. Bloodlines of the Ancient Alphas." My heart raced with each new discovery.A soft chuckle echoed
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