I fell.Not downward—through.The world peeled apart around me in layers, sound and light tearing away until only sensation remained. Heat. Pressure. The violent pull of something unfinished dragging at my bones. I screamed, but the sound never left my body. It folded back into me, became power, became fuel.Then I hit.Stone shattered beneath my back as I slammed into solid ground hard enough to knock the breath from my lungs. Pain flared white-hot, immediate and grounding. I sucked in air like it was the first time I’d ever breathed, lungs burning, vision swimming.I was alive.That thought barely had time to form before the ground moved.Not shaking—breathing.I rolled onto my side, coughing, hands scraping against rough stone etched with symbols that pulsed faintly beneath my palms. The air was thick here, metallic and charged, like the moment before lightning struck. My head throbbed, memories colliding—Gate, chains, abyss, Auren’s voice splitting reality open—Auren.I pushed my
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