Chapter 2216 Echoes Underground
- The same beat rolled through the dark. Then that solitary strike. Emrys’ eyes narrowed. “Here!” he shouted, certainty firing through his veins.
- His gaze locked on an oddly stacked mound of rocks—a formation he and Adalinda had passed countless times without thought. Yet now he knew the cadence bled from somewhere behind it. Crouching, he edged closer, and the sight waiting beyond the stones stole the breath straight from his chest.
- Behind him, Adalinda hurried forward and fell into step with Emrys. Together they planted their boots on the ragged crown of the rock pile, shoulders almost brushing, eyes drawn to the sunless hollow yawning below. A slow, unsure silence stretched between heartbeats.