Mira Pov
The darkness swallowed the dungeon so suddenly that for a second I honestly thought I'd gone blind. One moment I could see Rowan standing in front of me, and the next everything vanished. Not dimmed. Not shadowed. Gone. My heart slammed against my ribs as shouting erupted somewhere in the corridor. Metal crashed against stone, voices barked orders, and somewhere in the chaos a scream cut through the air before ending abruptly.
Then came a growl that seemed to come from everywhere at once. It was deep enough to vibrate through the floor beneath my feet, and every hair on my arms stood up. "Stay where you are," Rowan ordered, like I had any intention of moving in the middle of whatever this was. I couldn't even see my own hands in front of my face, and that made everything worse.
