The sky is breaking.
The crack above us stretches wider, pulling the moonlight upward in long, trembling strands. The beam of silver light bends unnaturally, dragged toward the fissure as if the sky is inhaling. A thick, low vibration rolls over the clearing. The trees shake. The ground hums beneath my feet. My pulse thunders against my ribs in painful, unsteady bursts.
The creature snarls without sound. Its jaw does not move at all, but the air around us trembles like something enormous dragged its claws across the world. Its body twists. Limbs stretch. The shape flickers, distorting as though trapped between forms.
A pressure builds inside my chest, sharp and violent. It feels like something is clawing upward from within me, trying to force itself free. I clutch my chest and gasp as h
