The darkness swallowed her whole.
For a moment, there was nothing—no sound, no light, no feeling. Just an endless void stretching in every direction, thick and suffocating, pressing against her skin like unseen hands dragging her deeper.
Selena fought against it, gasping as the weight of the abyss crushed her chest. The queen’s laughter still echoed in her ears, cold and victorious, but Selena refused to let it take root in her mind.
Damian was gone.
But not lost.
She refused to believe he was lost.
Selena clenched her fists, forcing herself to focus. The golden energy within her flickered, fragile yet defiant. It was her only tether to reality, the only thing keeping the abyss from swallowing her whole.
She had to move. Had to find him.
The queen thought this was over.
But it was
