Darkness welcomed Kara like an old friend, curling around her skin like silk, cool yet familiar. She had expected it to suffocate her, to press against her chest like a prison, but instead, it felt weightless—an embrace rather than a confinement.
The Eclipsed Domain was unlike anything she had ever known. There was no sun, no moon, no sky—only an endless expanse of ethereal shadows and glowing embers as if the world itself had been crafted from twilight.
She could not tell where the land ended or where the void began.
And yet, she was not afraid.
Not of this place.
Not of him.
She turned to face the Shadow King, who stood beside her with an expression of quiet amusement, his golden eyes burning like twin stars in the darkness.
"You are adjusting faster than I expected," he mused.
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