Chapter 175
The entire mountain trembled again as another violent pull echoed from beneath the council hall. Stone cracked across the walls while black mist continued rising from the widening fracture in the floor, spreading through the chamber like smoke from something ancient waking beneath the territory. The terrified wolves retreating toward the exits could barely keep their footing now, and even the council elders no longer looked concerned about power or authority. They looked frightened.
Because something enormous was moving below them.
Kael stood directly in front of Ariana, his body tense while silver lightning flickered violently around him. The pressure surrounding him had changed again after the eye beneath the mountain focused on him. Ariana could feel it clearly now. The Lycan was no longer reacting out of simple instinct or protection.
It recognized something.
That frightened her more than the creatures climbing from the fracture.
