Chapter 190
The mountain still trembled beneath the territory, but the violence shaking the council hall had finally begun to slow.
Not because the danger had passed.
Because everything beneath the world was waiting.
Black mist continued curling upward from the fractured abyss beneath the chamber floor while ancient symbols flickered weakly across the damaged gates below. Pieces of shattered stone occasionally broke loose from the ruined edges of the hall and disappeared into the darkness beneath them, swallowed without sound.
The creatures beyond the gates had stopped forcing themselves through for now, but Ariana could still feel them.
Watching.
Listening.
Waiting for the perfect moment to strike again.
The awareness pressed constantly against her mind no matter how hard she tried to ignore it.
Outside the shattered council hall, dragons filled the skies above the territory.
