Pact of Blood
The platform began to disintegrate into individual, floating shards.
Vlad lunged for Laura, grabbing her waist as the ground fell out from under them, plummeting into the infinite dark of the Void. As they tumbled, Vlad looked back at the aperture.
The image of Dave was still there, but now, his eyes were glowing—not with human brown, but with the same, predatory violet light that the Architects possessed.
"They’ve reached him," Vlad whispered, a cold dread settling in his gut that no celestial power could warm. "They’ve finally reached him."