Falling Through the Void
Eli didn’t remember hitting the ground.
One second, he had been charging toward the Gate of Shadows, fighting against the monstrous entity emerging from the abyss. The next he was falling.
The air had no weight. No sound.
Only endless darkness stretches in every direction.
And then
He landed.
Not with pain. Not with impact.
One moment, he was falling. The next, his feet were on solid ground.
Except
It wasn’t ground.
It was a memory.
The moment he stepped forward, the space around him shifted. Shadows peeled away, revealing a battlefield frozen in time.
The scent of blood and fire burned the air. The ruins of a great temple stretched before him, its walls blackened and shattered.
And standing at the heart of it
Was Lyla.
But she wasn’t alone.
Lyla s
