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No one had ever summited that mountain before because of the shape, although many had tried, and a few had even died during their attempts. I suppressed a shudder at the sight of it. It was beautiful and terrible all at once—the perfect symbol of the same pack that had taken everything from me. The grounds of Crescent Hollow itself were well-maintained, although the ground was rocky. Given the proximity to the mountain, the temperature was colder year-round. A light snow had already dusted the ground at some point recently, although much of it was melted now. I darted from building to building, knowing the layout of the pack like the back of my hand. There was a town with various shops and h

A distant sound echoed from outside with the low, rolling groan of shifting stone. Verran stiffened. “The tremors again.” Kael turned toward the entrance, light flickering faintly around his shoulders. “No. That’s not the mountain. That’s something beneath it.” The fire sputtered. Frost crawled across the cavern walls, delicate veins of white spreading like spiderwebs. Aria felt it then and the unmistakable pressure of the Hollow rising, as though something massive stirred in the depths. She took a step forward, pulse quickening. “It’s calling.”

A heartbeat. The trail bent sharply, cutting around jagged spines of black rock. The Hollowed Teeth. That’s what the Watcher had called this place — and now it made sense. The formations resembled shattered jaws lifting from the mountain’s throat, serrated teeth ready to nip at the sky. They were midway through when the wind died. All at once. Not a slow quieting — a sudden stop. No sleet. No air. No sound.

The echo of the horn lingered long after the sound itself had faded. It settled deep within the mountain, vibrating through the bedrock until every conversation in the camp died on its own. Snow continued to sweep across the valley in restless curtains, hissing over broken stone and abandoned tracks, but the ordinary sounds of winter suddenly felt small. Beneath them, something had awakened. Everyone could feel it. The Hollow Ones remained kneeling where they had fallen. None of them looked at one another. Their black eyes stayed fixed on the widening fracture with the exhausted dread of people forced to relive a nightmare they had once survived.

The eastern dead zone lived up to its grim name. As Killian and the allied vanguard rode deeper into the jagged mountain passes, the vibrant green of the Blackthorn borders dissolved into jagged, ash-gray stone. Overhead, the sky wasn't dark with night, but thick with swirling, iridescent celestial clouds drawn toward the massive white marble monolith looming in the distance. The pillar of light shooting from its apex grew wider, pulsing in tandem with a heavy, low-frequencied hum that vibrated through the armor of every soldier.

* Cerberus * The Hollow Mountain was quiet. Not silent, no, silence could never exist in a place like this. The trees themselves whispered in the wind, murmuring through their twisted boughs as if echoing a language older than the bones of the earth. Magic here was not spoken, but breathed, and tonight it grieved.

He wouldn’t think about that. He ran, boots silent over the pine needles, until the trees opened into the old hollow, the place where the pack’s energy faded and the land turned wild. And then he saw her. She stood at the edge of the stream, barefoot, pale in the moonlight, hair falling like a curtain around her. Her shoulders were trembling, but she didn’t cry. She was too proud for that — he could tell. Even from here. Silas stepped back, heart slamming in his chest.

Moss clung to the enormous boulders, trees and scrub grew tall and wild, and the old hiking trail appeared hardly used. “We have to climb all the way up there?” I muttered, heart lurching at the sheer height of the mountain. Liam looked at the map and shook his head. “Nope. Just to about…” He pointed at a cliff alongside the mountain, cut in half by a raging waterfall. “There.” I gulped. “That still looks really fucking high up.” “Well, it’s either that or let ghosts take over your life,” Liam replied, giving me a meaningful look.

As the private jet took a sharp turn over the Swiss Alps, the moon cast a silver glow on the rugged, snow-covered mountains. The peaks looked like they had been cut with a jagged knife, their edges rough and unforgiving. I leaned my forehead against the chilly window, my breath misting up the glass as I gazed out at the breathtaking view. The mountains stretched out before me, their beauty almost surreal in the soft, lunar light.

The climb out of Hollowspire was harder than the fight itself. The tunnels were half-collapsed, the stone cracked from the silver’s fury. Dust drifted in clouds, clinging to their throats and hair. Every step echoed, hollow and sharp, as though the mountain itself was listening. Ava leaned on Silas’s arm more than once, her legs trembling, her chest raw from the weight she’d carried. Mara scouted ahead, picking paths where the stone hadn’t fully caved. Caleb and the wolves guarded the rear, ears flicking back at every distant rumble.