As it moved, the sound of ancient, brittle bones cracking and grinding against one another echoed through the hall, each snap and creak amplified in the oppressive silence. The sound was unsettling, sending a faint shiver down my spine.
But fear didn't grip me. No, it wasn't terror that made me shudder—it was the aura surrounding it. A bone-chilling wave of energy radiated from the creature, seeping into the air and through my skin. It was unexplainable, like a coldness that didn't merely touch the body but gripped the very soul. My breath fogged in the freezing atmosphere, though I couldn't pinpoint the source of this unnatural chill.