INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESS
The forest lay in chaos. Trees had been reduced to splintered shards, the ground cracked and molten with residual shadows. Kael’s absence gnawed at the group like a relentless ache. Lyra’s golden aura flickered erratically, every pulse of light strained as if feeding on her last reserves of energy.
Nara’s silver fire coiled tightly around her, hands trembling as she studied the molten fissure where Kael had been pulled. “He’s… inside it. The core… he’s been dragged directly into the Primordial Shadow.”
Riven’s claws scraped the scorched earth as he growled, eyes glowing with controlled fury. “Inside it? That’s suicide… but we have no choice. If we don’t get him, we lose everything. Every life, every ounce of power we’ve fought for.”
Lyra’s hands glowed bright
