The silence within the Shadowfang cave was heavier than the darkness that had swallowed Samantha whole.
The moment she stepped deeper into the ancient cavern, it was as if the world disappeared. The stone walls, the faint moonlight behind her, even the sound of the wind are all gone. Only blackness remained, pressing in on her from all sides. She reached out, blindly hoping to touch something, anything, but her hands met only air. Panic clawed at her throat.
She blinked. Once. Twice.
Nothing.
“I can’t see…” she whispered, the words trembling from her lips. “I can’t see.”
Her breath quickened, heart hammering inside her chest like a caged drum. Fear tightened its grip as her knees buckled beneath her, and she stumbled forward, landing hard on the jagged stone floor. Pain lanced through
