Leah Carter’s Point of View
The ground beneath us roared like a wounded beast.
Stones split. Pillars cracked. The High Clans’ great summit hall, once carved proudly into the mountain face, shuddered as if something deep inside the earth had finally decided to wake, and as the ancient creature dragged itself closer to the surface… the entire summit began to crumble around us.
“Move!” Kael shouted, grabbing my arm as the marble floor broke into jagged pieces.
Wolves scattered. Elders who moments ago sat proudly on their thrones were now scrambling like frightened pups. Snow and dust poured through the cracks in the ceiling as the mountain groaned.
A sharp fissure sliced across the hall, running straight between me and Emma.
“Emma!” I reached out for her.
Kael pulled me back just as th
