The vibration began in my marrow before it hit the stones. It was a low, primal groan from the roots of the mountain, a sound of ancient gears turning after a thousand years of silence. Then, the world simply heaved. The grand marble floor of the White Palace, already cracked from our fight, buckled upward. A violent tremor threw me onto my side as the stone beneath us split wide, jagged chasms opening like hungry mouths. From the depths of those fissures, a pale silver mist began to swirl. It wasn’t smoke, and it wasn’t steam; it looked like moonlight ground into a fine powder and set to dance. The mist rose in thick, silent plumes, smelling of ozone, cold rain, and a holiness that had been missing from this cursed land for far too long. It was beautiful, but it carried a weight that made the air feel thick and heavy. Fenrir, who had been inches away from claiming the Heart of the Wolf, froze mid-step. His clawed hand jerked back as if he had touched a hot iron. For the
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