Callie’s POV
The corridor took a long time to calm down.
Even after the vibrations faded and the blue fire slowly returned to a less violent intensity, the feeling that something was still awake beneath the black water clung to the air like a presence impossible to ignore. No one spoke much. No one moved too suddenly. It was as if we all feared triggering another reaction from the corridor, another echo, another opening beneath that dark surface where something ancient had looked back at us for the very first time.
And still…
the only thing I could truly feel were Asher’s arms wrapped around me and Jonas’s hand still resting against my back.
That was the only thing keeping me steady.
Because the voices were still there.
Bellona.
The cold voice.
The third pulse.
But they were no l
