Chapter 65 Of Ashes And Oaths

The shape that emerged from the broken earth seemed to shine like a specter of smoke and blood. Its shape seemed to throb with a horror known, veiled in the same shadows Kael had just started to wield. But this was no echo. No reflection. This was something older. Kael stumbled back, blood crashing in his ears. Selene stood stock still next to him, eyes fixed on the figure emerging before her as if she had seen a spectre—or worse, a lost nightmare now made flesh.