Elara POV.
I couldn’t feel my body anymore, at least not in the way I should have. The cold stone beneath my hand disappeared, and the steady presence of Kael at my side faded into something distant. The chamber we had been standing in only seconds ago slipped away like it had never truly existed.
But I wasn’t falling.
I wasn’t drifting.
I was standing… just not there anymore.
The space around me wasn’t completely dark. There was light, soft and dim, not coming from any clear direction, just existing in a way that made everything visible without revealing its source. Beneath my feet, the ground felt solid, yet when I looked down, there was nothing I could name—no stone, no earth, just something that held me without explanation.
And in front of me, there was something.
Not a shape. N
