MINE BEFORE THE BLOOD MOON
"The place where the Queen made her choice."
Silence followed and the words settled heavily between us. Choice. The First Queen again. Everything led back to her, to me, to whatever connection existed between us. A distant roar suddenly echoed from below. The sound wasn’t human, wasn’t wolf, wasn’t anything I recognized. Every hair on my body stood up. The Hollow King’s expression changed instantly. Fear. Real fear. The sight stunned me. Immortals weren’t supposed to look afraid, yet he did. The realization landed like a hammer. Whatever waited beneath Moonhold, even the Hollow Kings feared it.