The abyss went silent.
Not calm.
Listening.
Every shadow in the cavern twisted toward Midnight as though the darkness itself had turned its face to her. The mountain trembled beneath her feet while crimson runes flickered uncertainly between red and silver.
The Hollow King stared at her.
Disbelief.
Then fury.
“You would defy the abyss?”
Midnight stood in the center of the cavern with shadows curling behind her like wings carved from smoke.
And for the first time since awakening—
she didn’t step back.
“I would change it.”
The Hollow King roared.
The force of it split the cavern ceiling, raining stone and dust around them. Ancient abyss fire exploded across the walls as the creature surged forward with catastrophic rage.
“You are NOTHING without our blood!”
Kael moved instantl
