Chapter 193
The ground beneath the territory continued shaking with slow, enormous footsteps.
Every impact rolled through the mountains hard enough to split stone across the cliffs surrounding the council hall while black mist spread deeper through the forests beyond the northern territory. Lightning flashed violently through the storm-darkened skies overhead, illuminating silver eyes moving beneath the trees.
There were too many.
Ariana stood frozen near the shattered edge of the chamber while the Sovereign flame flickered harder beneath her skin. Fear surged violently through the dragon bond surrounding the territory while golden dragons circled lower across the skies, their roars echoing through the storm like warnings carried between ancient creatures preparing for war.
Then another roar exploded from the forests below.
The sound did not belong to dragons.
It belonged to something larger.
Something older.
