A distant, rumbling roar washed over the world, making it seem as if everything had gone still for a moment. It sounded like an enormous beast was stirring awake somewhere far away, rising from its slumber as forests and mountains rolled off its broad shoulders.
There was a flash of lightning. Half-blinded by the rain, Sunny unconsciously took a step toward the parapet. The others did the same, all looking in a single direction with tense, confused expressions — toward the source of the rumbling sound.
They were facing north.
"What…"
Effie's voice drowned in a deafening thunderclap.
Sunny inhaled sharply.
Somehow, he knew what had happened… and what was going to happen, as well.
