The Moon-Crest Promise

She wears her guilt in indigo. He wears his in scars.

Shuo was born to heal. Now her hands, stained permanently blue from the dye vats where she hides, are forbidden to touch a wound. Her family’s gift died with her sister, cut down by the same clan that now hunts anyone who might hold the cure they want for themselves.

Jun was born to kill. Now his hands, calloused from carving wooden birds instead of gripping a blade, ache to protect the one person who makes him want to stay small, stay silent, stay hidden. But the wolf his father raised is never far beneath the surface, and some nights, it wakes.

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