The ground shook beneath Alex's feet.
He was standing on the ridge overlooking the safe house when the tremor hit. A deep, rumbling vibration that seemed to come from the earth itself.
"Earthquake?" Jaxon asked, appearing beside him.
Alex shook his head. "Something else."
The sky began to darken. Clouds formed from nowhere, swirling and churning like a living thing. Lightning crackled across the heavens, but there was no rain. No thunder.
Just the darkness.
And then the voice came. Not a whisper this time. A roar. A sound that seemed to come from everywhere at once, shaking the very air in their lungs.
"ALEXANDER KNIGHT."
Alex felt the darkness surge. The hunger. The rage.
He pushed it back. Stayed in control.
"Who's there?" he demanded.
The clouds parted. A figure descended fro
