The Omega Queen
She nudged me, tail brushing against my leg.
From the pit, the Spirit’s voice thundered again: “Faith is the light that survives even the abyss. You carry it still. Go on.”
The burning red eyes dimmed, swallowed by the nothing. The silence lifted, broken again by the whisper of wind, the steady rhythm of Jasmine’s breath.
I sat there for a long moment, shaking, clutching her fur. My heart was still racing, my mind replaying that terrible second when the world vanished beneath me. But I had leapt. I had trusted, and I was still alive.