Aria's POV
Aria wakes up in a hidden sanctuary of her bloodline — the Blood of the Rising Flames.
She's confused… shocked?
No. She's not shocked — not after everything she's been through.
The pain.
The betrayal.
It no longer breaks her.
Now, all that fills her is anger — the burning desire for revenge.
She's emotionally torn. A part of her still aches for Xavier.
> "Did he really love me?"
"Were they all lies?"
Those questions kept racing through her mind. But the truth about her mother, her past, and the fake prophecy fueled a fire deeper than sorrow.
She could feel her heart trembling, pounding — but this time, not with fear. Not with sadness.
With anger.
> "I, Aria, the former Luna of the Blood Moon Pack, will return — not as the Luna you once knew... but as something stronger."
Her powers were still raw, unstable — hard to control.
Then came the mystical beast, whose name was Rhazmorr — meaning "Flame Guardian of the Ancient Pact."
She was the guardian of the Blood of the Rising Flames, and once she sensed Aria's reawakening, she had been sent by her people to guide her, teach her to use her power, and finally reveal the truth of her bloodline.
> "Your flames are not just power," Rhazmorr told her.
"They are memory. They respond to grief, betrayal, and injustice."
It all began to make sense.
Aria wasn't cursed.
She was chosen.
Now she was determined to master this power and return.
Not as Luna.
As something greater.
> "They called me cursed. But they feared the fire in my blood… and now, it burns for them."
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Xavier's POV— The Guilt Creeps In
Back in the Blood Moon Pack, Xavier is cold, distant, and quiet. Everyone praises him for banishing Aria, but inside… he's falling apart.
He can't sleep.
Her voice haunts him.
> "Xavier, you left me."
"You didn't love me. You betrayed me."
The words echo again and again, crawling through his mind.
The bond was supposed to be broken — but he still feels her. He still hears her voice, still remembers her warmth.
He begins to have strange dreams — flashes of fire, a burning forest, a woman with flames in her eyes, staring at him with golden, glowing eyes.
> "Aria…?" he whispered, waking in a cold sweat.
He wasn't sure if it was really her. But deep inside, he felt a connection. A thought. A whisper.
It was her.
One day, he returns to the place where she was banished. There, he finds a strange symbol scorched into the earth — the mark of the Blood of the Rising Flames (though he doesn't know what it means yet).
Meanwhile, the new Luna keeps feeding him lies.
But doubt is growing. Something doesn't feel right.
He remembers how Aria tried to warn him — how she pleaded with him.
She told him something was wrong.
She said this prophecy wasn't real.
And he didn't listen.
The guilt eats away at him.
He starts wondering:
> "What if the prophecy was false?"
"What if Aria was right… all along?"
Part of him misses her.
Part of him fears what she might become.
Part of him whispers, "What if she's already dead?"
He tries to silence the thoughts. He tries to move on.
> "Maybe she's really gone," he tells himself.
But another voice rises — clear, loud, defiant.
> "No."
"This is not who you are, Xavier. You need to find the truth. Find Aria. Fix what was broken."
Now, for the first time, he admits it to himself:
> "I thought I was protecting the pack… but maybe, I was only protecting a lie."
His confused.
He doesn't know what's real anymore.
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Shared bond– Aria & Xavier
At night, Aria and Xavier both feel it — like a ghost bond.
Something left behind… but not truly gone.
They keep dreaming of the moment everything fell apart.
> "The moment of betrayal."
Aria dreams of him. But in her dreams, she's no longer weak — she's powerful.
And he's the one on his knees.
Still, part of her aches.
> "What if he didn't know?"
"What if he still loves me?"
"What if… he was forced?"
The thoughts creep in. But so does her anger.
> "He betrayed me. He watched them throw me out."
> "No... I can't forgive him."
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> "Love doesn't die. It rots… if left betrayed."