THE VOID OF SHADOWS
Kael fell through darkness. No trees. No ground. No stars. Only a vast, cold void stretched endlessly, a place that felt alive and aware, pressing against him like a living thing. His wolf instincts screamed, claws digging into air that offered no purchase.
“Nara!” he roared, his voice shattering the silence, echoing into nothingness.
A faint shimmer appeared ahead—a silver light pulsing like a heartbeat. Kael’s pulse raced as he sprinted toward it. Every instinct told him to be careful; this void was not natural. Every shadow that moved seemed to twist reality itself.
Then, she appeared. Nara. Or what she had become.
She floated, suspended in a cocoon of silver and black energy, her body glowing with ancient power. Her hair floated as though underwater, and her ey
