NOMI
We reached the city without much delay.
One moment we were moving, the next we weren't. The Nightcourser slowed, hooves striking stone instead of dirt, and Darius dismounted like this was an ordinary stop along an ordinary road.
It wasn't.
I slid down after him. My boots hit the ground and I immediately knew I'd stepped somewhere I didn't belong.
I expected a hellscape, but it wasn't. It looked... normal. At least at first. The streets were paved in dark, polished cobblestones, and the buildings were tall and narrow, made of grey stone with iron railings. It looked like an old European city tucked into a mountain, except the trees lining the path had leaves that were deep indigo instead of green, and the flowers in the window boxes didn't look like any I'd ever seen in any biolo
