Lucy’s POVThe rift slammed shut behind me, a mouth swallowing the light of the world above.I dropped into a place that had no right to exist. There was no floor, no sky, no horizon. There was only hunger—a vast, sentient absence that pressed against my skin like cold oil, trying to seep into my pores, my lungs, my mind. The void breathed around me, a million whispering voices promising peace if I would just let go, just dissolve, just become nothing.I hit a surface that rippled like water under flesh. The armory keys burned in my clenched fist. In this realm, the keys were not metal. They were my self. My name. My fury. The brutal love that had made me abandon my pack and throw myself into the abyss.I am Lucy. I am the Queen of Steel. The Founder of the Unmasked. This darkness does not own me.I spoke it aloud, and the words were a hammer against an anvil. The keys detonated in my hand, not shattering, but unlocking. A door inside my soul swung open. Light erupted from my skin, cr
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