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Chapter 35: Shared Demons

The tremor rolled through the ground beneath their feet – subtle at first, then building in intensity. Ash jumped and scattered across cracked stone.

Cel’s body locked tight. His heart hammered against his ribs as memory crashed through him with visceral clarity – the ground collapsing, darkness swallowing the crimson sky, concentric rows of teeth snapping shut.

Another tremor. Stronger.

The earth began to crack perhaps twenty steps ahead, spiderwebbing outward from a central point. Dust billowed upward in thick clouds as stone split apart with grinding protest.

Something vast pushed through.

The maw emerged first – that circular opening ringed with teeth, each one taller as a man. The massive body followed, segments of obsidian-black armor catching the dim light as