LUCIAN The world around me is nothing but chaos as I land hard on shifting ground, my knees buckling as the earth trembles beneath me. The first thing I notice is noise, it's everywhere. A roar of thunder, a wind that sounds like screaming, and lightning cracking like glass shattering. The ground under me keeps shaking and shifting like it’s alive. “ This isn’t the real world.” I remind myself. “This is Leah’s mind, the place I risked my bond to step into., and it’s a war zone.” I force myself to stand, my boots sliding on the unstable ground. My chest tightens as I take it all in. Above me, the sky isn’t blue or black, it’s torn in half. On one side, silver storms swirl like angry oceans, wild and untamed. On the other, bursts of green and gold light flash like exploding stars. Th

