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Chapter 9 - The Final Incantation

The dark fire crackled fiercely, sealing Eloin and Delphine inside the raised dais while the battle raged outside the barrier.

Eloin drew the Aegis Blade from its scabbard, the blade’s blue flame casting sharp, determined shadows across her face. "It ends here, Delphine."

Delphine laughed, a high, unhinged sound that echoed through the magical enclosure. "You cannot kill what has already surrendered to the dark, child!"

With a vicious wave of her hands, Delphine unleashed a torrent of shadowy tentacles that lashed out from the floor. Eloin moved with supernatural speed, her newly awakened half-blood agility guiding her through the attack. She spun, slicing through the dark tendrils with the Aegis Blade, sending sparks of blue and violet fire flying in all directions.

Yet, Delphine was merely a distraction.

As Eloin pressed forward, the silver pendant beneath her bodice suddenly grew scorching hot—not with warmth, but with a paralyzing, icy pain.

Eloin gasped, dropping to one knee as the pendant tore itself free from its cord, floating into the air between them. The ancient symbols carved into the stone began to glow with a sickly crimson light, projecting a swirling portal of pure darkness onto the stone wall behind the throne.

"Yes!" Delphine shrieked, her eyes rolling back as she channeled her dark magic into the portal. "Open the gates! Feed the Void!"

From within the swirling portal, a monstrous, shadowy hand made of pure nothingness reached out, clawing toward the physical world.

Eloin realized with sickening horror that her very bloodline was being used as the anchor for the ritual. If the portal opened fully, every pack in the kingdom would be consumed by the shadow.

Fight back, her inner wolf snarled, a fierce, protective roar echoing in her mind. We belong to no one!

Channeling every ounce of her royal heritage, every drop of courage forged through sixteen years of abuse and survival, Eloin stood up. She raised the Aegis Blade high above her head.

The blue flames of the blade roared to life, growing into a towering pillar of celestial light.

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"I am the Eclipse Queen!" Eloin screamed, her voice carrying the combined strength of a thousand ancient wolves.

With a mighty roar, she drove the Aegis Blade straight down into the floating pendant.

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