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Salvador was holding Gia one moment, then his retinas burned as light returned to the world.
He stood in a vast cavern lit by unknown means. And it was empty save for him and Gia. She was in the center of the open space, her hand up.
Was she? She was… Holy crap. “Gia, can you hear me?” he shouted as he ran across the open space.
She didn’t react at all. Her eyes were open, unseeing. The rest of her was in suspended animation. Even her hair was motionless, the thick sable locks frozen in free-fall. He touched it, knocking it to her shoulder, but the gravity-defying conformation of the curl didn’t change.
He spun around, taking in the empty cavern. They weren’t in immediate danger, but he knew she’d been correct. Everything about this was wrong. He could tell by the way the hair on t
