Chapter 52 The War Above And Below

The wind screamed as Selene and Damien stepped out of the ruined underground tunnels under Ravenwatch Keep's ruins. The sky above them was no longer the pale gray veil of twilight; it was filled with churning black clouds, flashing with lightning that writhed sickly green and forked through the air like veins across a dying god's hide. Damien steadied Selene as she stumbled. Her body, though powerful, was clearly still recovering from the torrent of Sovereign Fire she had unleashed. She gritted her teeth, wiping the blood from her mouth. The forest was eerily silent—no birdsong, no whispers of life, only the sound of distant drums and the rising pulse of war.