Aria's POV
Aria wakes up in a hidden century of her bloodline, Blood of the Rising Flame.
She's confused, shocked....? No she's not shocked after all what she's been through....the pain, betrayal all in her now is anger, how she's gonna take revenge.
She's emotionally torn, part of her still aches over Xavier. "Does he really love me?", "where they all lie". All those words kept running through her head. But the truth about her mother, her past, and the fake prophecy fills her with rage.
She could feel her heart trembling, her heart pounding. But this time not with sadness or fear, but with anger....ANGER!!!.
She knew she could become stronger, she said to herself "I Aria the former Luna of the blood moon back will return, not as the Luna you used to know but something stronger".
Her powers were still raw, unstable, she could not control them.
The mystical beast, whose name was Rhazmor: 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 was sent by her people to guide Aria, teach her how to use her power, and tell her about the truth of her people.
She told Aria "Your flames are not just power, they're memory, they reach to grief, betrayal and injustice".
Aria begins to realize....she was not cursed, she was chosen.
She's now determined to master this power and return. Not as Luna but as something greater.
"They called me curser. But they feared the fire in my blood.... and now it burns for them".
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 unraveling.
He can't sleep, her voice echoes in head, "Xavier you left me", "Xavier you didn't love me, you betrayed me." The voices kept taunting him.
The bond should be gone, but he still feels her, he still hears her voice, he still feels her warmth.
He starts having dreams, flashes of fire, a burning forest, a woman with flame looking back at him with golden eyes.
"Aria....?", he said as he woke up, he wasn't sure if she was the one. But he could feel a bond...? Like a connection...? A thought...? Telling him it was her.
He visits the place where she was banished and finds a strange mark burned into the earth, the symbol of the Blood of the Rising Flames (he doesn't know what it is yet).
Meanwhile the new Luna keeps feeding him lies, but doubt is growing in him, something doesn't feel right.
He remembers moments where Aria tried to warn him, and guilt cuts deep.
Before Aria was banished she kept telling him it was all a lie, she tried warning him that this wouldn't end well, but he didn't listen.
He keeps having thoughts that the prophecy might be false and Aria was right.
He doesn't know what to believe, part of him misses her, fears what she might become. Part of him also tells him "what if she's not alive" and he tries to ignore all the thoughts and just forget about her, and he said to himself "maybe she might actually be dead".
But another thought came to his head....."No!" The voice said. "This is not who you are Xavier, you need to find out the truth, find Aria and get to the bottom of this.
Now he tells himself "I thought I was protecting the pack but maybe I was just protecting a lie"
He's confused, doesn't know what to do.....
Aria's POV
Aria and Xavier both feel each other at night, like a ghost bond.
They both can't stop remembering the moment everything fell apart "The moment of betray"
Aria keeps dreaming of him, but in her dream she's stronger and he's the one who's on his knees.
A part of her still aches for him. "What if he didn't know, what if he still loves me, what if he was forced to do". Different thoughts kept running through her. But at the same time a lady of hers wants to give birth to him "he betrayed me, he watched h
is pack throw me out.....No!...I can't forgive him.
"love doesn't die, it rots, of left betrayed.