The Omega Queen
The vision shattered, collapsing into darkness.
The world went blind again.
I sobbed once, raw and broken, my body folding as though I had torn myself in half. Jasmine pressed against me, steady and alive, her fur rough under my fingers. She was real. The pain was real. That was enough.
Nyxara’s voice hissed all around me, sharper now, yet almost…admiring. “You destroyed paradise with your own hands. Few ever do. You have passed, Clarissa.”
I wiped my tears with shaking fingers. “It wasn’t paradise. It was a cage.”