Chapter 39 Secrets In Stone

• The cries of the wounded faded into a tense quiet as the battlefield above continued to smoke. With Orion at her side, Evana made her way through the debris, her boots crunching on the burned remains and shattered stone. The Academy grounds had a sharp wound from the courtyard collapsing during the battle. A weird light pulsed from below, weak yet constant, like a heartbeat.
• Her arm was touched by Orion's hand. "You ought not to go down there. The smell of old blood permeates the earth. Curses that ought to have been buried.
• Evana's red aura flickered dimly in the darkness as she shook her head. "I heard something calling to me from beneath us. As soon as the ground parted, I sensed it. If the first Queen is connected to it... I must see it.