C275 THREE PRINCES IN THE DIRT

The world did not end with a bang. It ended with the sound of snapping roots and sliding dirt.

Aria felt the ground vanish. One second, she was running toward the Young Prince, and the next, she was falling. She tried to scream, but her mouth filled with cold dust. She squeezed the bone bow against her chest and prayed to the stars.

Thud.

She hit something soft. It wasn't rock