CHAPTER 41: THE PULSE OF FEAR
The underground cathedral trembled again.
Deep beneath Chicago, the enormous black structure embedded within the ancient stone walls pulsed like a living heart, each movement sending invisible waves upward through the city above. Kevin stood several feet away from it, his claws still extended, golden eyes fixed carefully on the shifting darkness crawling across the chamber floor. The thing was no longer pretending to be hidden. It breathed now. It reacted. And worst of all, it understood them. Behind Kevin, Marcus and the others struggled to remain steady beneath the emotional pressure flooding the underground chamber. The whispers had quieted since Kevin stopped attacking the structure directly, but the atmosphere still felt suffocating, like the air itsel
