Prologue: The Moment Everything Broke
Prologue – The Moment Everything Broke
Billy Palmer’s nightmare form lunged again, grotesque and towering, but this time Buffy didn’t hesitate. Fear had been gnawing at her since the Hellmouth first whispered her name, and something inside her snapped.
She didn’t just fight the Nightmare Man.
She killed him.
Not dispelled him. Not freed Billy.
Killed him.
The world shuddered.
The Hellmouth stirred.
And Buffy Summers—sixteen, exhausted, terrified—felt something ancient and hungry turn its attention toward her.
