Bound in Black Magic
The only sounds were the hollow, deafening roar of the subterranean river and the crunch of our boots on wet, frost-kissed gravel.
After twenty minutes of careful scrambling across slick river stones, we reached the coordinates marked on the parchment: a massive, horseshoe-shaped amphitheater of black basalt where a roaring waterfall cascaded down from a high fissure, completely blanketing a dark, recessed alcove behind a curtain of white water.
"That's it," I whispered, feeling the familiar, low-frequency hum of the blue resonance quicken inside my veins. The magic within me was reacting to something massive hidden deep within the mountain—a resonant echo calling out through miles of solid