ALEXIS HAD NEVER EXPERIENCED such pain in her life. She had been running for what felt like hours, but she hadn’t been able to find the meeting ground. Noemi was somewhere near her, but not within her line of sight. Alexis sought her out, but whenever she picked up Noemi’s trail, she followed it into nothingness. It served only to make her more lost than she had been just a few moments before. It made her head spin as she looked around, each tree looking exactly like the other.
Noemi had gotten a bigger head start on her than the last time, and it left Alexis wandering and confused. Above her, the sky was a malicious and threatening purple. It made her stomach churn, and she could feel every bolt of energy that was traveling through the sky. The heavens were preparing themselves to rain d
