Chapter 36: Into The Void

The black swallowed everything.

No ground beneath my feet. No sky above. No sound. No light. Just cold — the kind that seeped into my bones and tried to crush me from the inside out.

For one terrifying second, I thought Damon had won. That the Scar had consumed us. That I was nothing now — just another lost soul in his endless night.

But then — a spark.

Kael’s voice.

“Elara.”

It wasn’t loud, but it cut through the dark like a lifeline. I reached for it, for him, and felt his magic wrap around mine, warm and steady.

“Hold on to me,” he said, strained but sure.

I did.

The blackness shifted, thinned — and suddenly we were falling. The Scar wasn’t done with us yet.

Wind screamed past, shadows clawing at us as we plummeted through the heart of Damon’s world. I could see nothing, but I felt the Scar’s hunger. It wanted us broken. It wanted us gone.

Kael’s arms wrapped around me, his power surging against the void, fighting to slow our fall. But the Scar was stronger he