IRIS’ P.O.V
Everything was fire and noise.
The last blast had torn the Veil apart. I felt the ground shatter under me, and before I knew it, we were falling, light and darkness twisting together like a storm. I grabbed Blake’s arm, yelling his name, but the sound was drowned out by the roar around us. Eos screamed something I couldn’t hear, her face vanishing in the blinding light.
Then everything went black.
When I opened my eyes again, I was flat on cold floorboards. The familiar smell of smoke and herbs hit me before I even lifted my head. Clara’s house.
We were back.
I pushed myself up slowly, every muscle screaming. My body felt like it had been crushed by a mountain. My vision blurred, and for a second, I almost passed out again. But then I heard a groan behind me.
Blake.
He
