Leo Hayes answered on the second ring, his voice cautious and low. "Kevin? What's going on? You sound… urgent." Kevin explained the events on Apex Island, the resurrection of the Serpent’s Hand, the summoning of X’zoth, and the narrow escape. Leo listened in silence, his breathing growing heavier with each revelation. When Kevin finished, there was a long pause. "This is… worse than I imagined," Leo finally said. "The Serpent’s Hand… they were always a threat, but I thought they had been extinguished long ago. And X’zoth… that name is whispered in the oldest texts, associated with unimaginable horrors.” "We