Elias stood at the edge of a canyon he had never seen before.
The journey had been strange. One moment he was walking through the sanctuary's entrance. The next, the ground had shifted beneath his feet, and he had found himself here, in a place that existed outside of time.
The canyon stretched before him, its walls carved from black stone that seemed to drink the light. At the bottom, a faint glow pulsed with a rhythm that matched his heartbeat.
The chaos is calling you, the shadow said. This is where it waits.
Elias nodded slowly. "I know. I can feel it."
He descended into the canyon. The walls grew taller, the shadows deeper. The air grew cold, heavy with an ancient presence.
And then he saw it.
A figure, sitting at the center of the canyon floor. It was not like the others he ha
