CHAPTER 33 : THE SCARLET HEART
THE DARKNESS BENEATH THE MOUNTAIN
— “Run.”
Elowen’s growl was no longer human. Something ancient vibrated behind her words as her golden eyes locked onto the invisible depths beneath the cracked black basin. For the very first time, the warriors read an instinctive, primal fear in the gaze of the Northern Princess. Soléia snarled from the deepest depths of her soul, a torment that Ivan felt immediately. Thalys, the snow leopard, bristled his fur while a violent shudder rippled through every shifter present. Even the Alphas recoiled, and even Aurelius withdrew into silence.
The basin continued to tear apart, releasing a red light that seemed alive, pulsing like a heart or an open wound in the bowels of the world. Then, a voice rose slowly from the chasm
