POV: Sera
I wake to nothing.
Not darkness. Darkness implies the absence of light. This is the absence of everything. Of air. Of sound. Of hope.
My side screams where the debris caught me. Blood sticky against my shirt. Each breath feels like swallowing glass.
Where am I?
The question echoes in my head but not out loud. There's no air here to carry sound. No space for words to travel through.
Then I see him.
Kai.
His hybrid form flickers like a dying lightbulb. Translucent. Barely there. I can see through him to the nothing beyond.
Wait. Kai's dead.
But here he is. Or something wearing his face.
"Where are we?" I try to say, but no sound comes out.
Kai tilts his head. Studies me like I'm a puzzle he can't solve.
Not Kai, I realize. Something else. Something using his form.
Mo
