POV: Maya

I felt it before I heard it. Through my enhanced senses, through the connection to the Mother Below's power, through every supernatural instinct screaming danger. Death was coming. Fast and inevitable. Three minutes. That's all we had.

Around me, supernatural beings were processing the same information at different speeds. Some were already fleeing, moving faster than human eyes could track. Others stood frozen in disbelief. A few looked to me like I had answers I didn't ...