(Solomon’s POV)
Every monster has a beginning.
We were about to find his.
The Pulse
The deeper we moved, the stronger it became.
That rhythm beneath our feet.
Not sound.
Not quite vibration.
Something… internal.
Like the place itself was alive—and we were walking through its veins.
Mirabel slowed beside me, her hand pressing lightly against her chest.
“It’s louder now,” she whispered.
I felt it too.
Not in my ears.
In my bones.
A steady, unnatural heartbeat pulling us forward.
The Corridor Ends
The shifting walls finally stilled.
For the first time since entering, the space ahead didn’t twist or distort.
It opened.
Wide.
Circular.
A chamber.
No—
A core.
The Heart Revealed
We stepped inside—and everything in me went still.
At the center of the chamber—
Something
