Chapter 118 The Weight Of Warnings

• Lucia felt the ground before she felt her own breath.
• The earth trembled beneath her boots, a low, steady shudder that didn’t come from battle, magic, or danger… but from something ancient beneath the surface waking up. The air around the Third Flame Bearers grew taut with tension. Even the wind seemed to hold itself still, as if afraid to disturb whatever force had whispered its amusement through the fracture in the black flare.
• A presence had touched her mind.