Chapter 87:
THE FIGHT AGAINST TIME
Pain passed through my body like fire, burning under my skin, spreading through my veins. I couldn’t move. Couldn’t think. I Could barely breathe. The mark on my wrist blazed.
The battle raged on around me, but it felt distant.
Muted.
The Wraithborn’s laughter echoed in my head, a sickening, layered sound, both real and unreal. I could feel them pressing against the edges of my mind, trying to pull me into their world, into the darkness where the Forgotten One waited.
No.
I wouldn’t let it happen.
I clenched my fists, forcing myself to fight, to push back against the overwhelming force trying to consume me.
“Taya!”
Ethan’s voice was raw, desperate. He was fighting his way toward me, tearing through the Wraithborn with reckless fu
