Elara's POV
Cold.
So cold. It felt like freezing air was squeezing me from every side. I was falling through darkness that was pitch black. I couldn't see a thing.
The wind screamed in my ears like thousands of cold needles stabbing my skin. The only other things I could hear were my heart pounding and the blood rushing in my head.
Below me was just more blackness. I couldn't see the bottom. It didn't feel like I was just falling; it felt like something invisible was dragging me down hard. There was nothing to grab onto.
At first, panic filled my lungs like ice water. I kicked and screamed, trying to slow down, but it was useless. It just made me fall faster. I felt dizzy and sick to my stomach.
I stopped fighting. I just let gravity pull me straight down into that deep, dark hole th
