The storm doesn’t wait for the clouds—by the time anyone notices, it’s already tearing everything apart, ripping the world at its seams. Even before the first rumblings reach the distant hills, the damage is done. Windows shudder in their frames. The earth seems to hold its breath.
Word spreads like wildfire, uncontrollable and hungry, burning through the territories in mere minutes, devouring every secret in its path:
She’s alive.
She’s back.
And she’s coming for them all.
Suddenly, the world stirs. Every den, every shadowed alley, every crumbling ruin shakes loose the people who once hid from her name. Old friends emerge, their smiles too wide, their hands trembling with hope or fear. Enemies crawl out from the darkness, eyes glittering with old grudges and new calculations. Even th
