The mountains trembled.
Aria stood frozen as the black cloud spread across the sky.
The sunlight disappeared.
Even Shadow lowered his head.
The voice echoed again.
“The Shadow King was only the guardian.”
Aria looked at Elias.
“What does that mean?”
Elias didn't answer.
His face had gone pale.
Her mother stepped forward.
“Elias?”
He looked toward the mountains.
“The prophecy.”
“What about it?”
“I was wrong.”
Aria's heart tightened.
“About what?”
Elias slowly opened the ancient scroll.
“There was another passage.”
He turned the fragile parchment around.
At the bottom were words written in a language none of them had seen before.
Her mother stared at them.
“No…”
Aria stepped closer.
“What does it say?”
Her mother whispered:
“When the Eclipse Guardian takes the thro
