Vortex Origins - Chapter 40: Battle at dunehaven

... fractures through stone paths and foundations. Homes cracked. Lantern poles fell. Settlers ran in every direction, some shouting names, others screaming wordless terror as the earth heaved beneath them.

The warning was clear.

The worm was coming.

WHOOSH.

Air twisted. Pressure shifted.

Ash and Kael blinked into the center of town. One heartbeat they weren't there—next, they stood among the settlers.

A few gasped. One woman stumbled ...