The world around Amara trembled violently as the earth beneath her feet cracked open, jagged fissures splitting wide like the teeth of a massive beast. The rift pulsed with a fierce energy, rippling outward in waves of raw power. It was as though the very foundations of the world were being torn apart, and she was caught in the middle of it all.
Tyler’s grip on her wrist tightened, his cold fingers sending an unsettling chill up her arm. His touch, once familiar, now felt like ice, his presence a harbinger of something dark and inevitable. As the ground heaved and split, she struggled to maintain her balance, the chaos around her threatening to drag her under.
“Amara!” Tyler’s voice cut through the din of the collapsing world, his eyes flashing with a wild intensity. “You have to underst
