Daria's POV

 

The ground started shaking beneath us. It was not like something was moving around it was like something was moving from underneath. I felt it in my knees before I even heard the noise. It was a rumble like rocks were shifting far beneath the ridge. This was deeper than any hole Rylan's men could have dug in one night.

 

Lucius got up even though he was hurt. He put one hand on the ground to help himself up. "That is not them, " he said.

 

"No, " I said. My heart was beating fast. "That is something older."

 

The stone markers around the basin were broken. They...