The Curse Between Two Worlds
“Carter, it’s me! You’re okay! You’re—”
The figure laughed, a hollow, terrible sound that made the hair on my arms rise. The ash swirled around him, and every step he took left scorched footprints in the ground, though I knew the forest wasn’t burning. The red sky pulsed, as if feeding on the fear gnawing at me.
“Focus!” Phineas’s voice snapped through the nightmare. “If you falter, you’ll die in reality.”
I willed my hands to glow, and the light flared between my palms. It shimmered, humming with energy, alive, and I poured every ounce of fear, love, and desperation into it.
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