[Isolde]
The world tilted, and for a split second, I was weightless and falling through the air with the golden sunset mocking me from above. My mind screamed in denial, refusing to accept what had just happened or at least to make it make sense.
But my body reacted on pure survival instinct.
Before I could even process the drop, my right arm shot out, fingers scrabbling desperately against the jagged rocky wall. I caught hold of something—a narrow ledge or a root, I didn’t know—but the force wrenched my shoulder violently. A sickening pop echoed in my ears as my arm dislocated, pain overwhelming me.
I yelped in pain, but couldn’t linger on it. I flung my left arm up to join the fight. My fingers curled around a thick branch protruding from the cliff face, its rough bark biting into m
