The ground began to tremble, not violently, not all at once, but in a slow, uneven way that felt wrong underfoot. It wasn't the kind of shake that came from an explosion or a spell misfiring. It was heavier than that. Weight shifting. Something large adjusting itself as it moved.
Everyone felt it.
Stone groaned somewhere ahead, a deep sound that carried through the island like a warning. Dust lifted from the street in thin waves, drifting across the ground before settling again.
Then it came into view.
