"RUN!"
Elia's cry followed them onto the bridge.
Lara tightened her grip around the child's hand and ran.
Beneath their feet, the Moon Road stretched across empty air—a ribbon of silver light suspended above the Hidden City. There were no rails. No walls. Nothing between them and the impossible drop below.
Behind them, darkness descended.
The creature wearing Orion's face landed on the beginning of the bridge.
The Moon Road shuddered.
Lara looked back.
That was her first mistake.
The false Orion stood perfectly still.
His black cloak moved around him like smoke. Silver armour covered his body, but darkness leaked through the joints as though something had crawled inside an empty shell and taught itself how to stand.
Then he smiled.
"Lara."
His voice was Orion's.
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