The first c***k between worlds opened without a sound.
That frightened Lara more than thunder would have.
Above the crystal dome, the darkness split.
A thin wound appeared in the air itself, jagged and black at its centre, edged with silver fire.
For one impossible heartbeat, Lara could see through it.
Not the cavern ceiling.
Not the mountain.
Another sky.
Two enormous moons hung above a forest of silver trees.
Mountains floated among storm clouds.
Rivers of crystal climbed upward into the heavens.
Beautiful.
Impossible.
Then something moved between the trees.
Clarissa went rigid inside Lara's mind.
"Lara..."
"I see it."
The creature stepped into the moonlight.
It was tall enough to look through the upper branches.
Its body seemed made of bone and shadow, its limbs too l
