Amara’s world tilted as she fell through the abyss, her body weightless, her mind a storm of confusion and fear. The darkness closed in around her, a suffocating blanket that seemed to stretch endlessly, pulling her deeper, and dragging her further into its grasp. Her heart raced, the familiar sense of dread gnawing at her insides. She had thought she had escaped, thought she had fought off the shadows, but now it felt as though they were swallowing her whole.
She tried to scream, but no sound came from her lips. Her breath was tight, her lungs desperate for air, but the endless fall showed no signs of slowing. The walls of darkness were closing in on her, compressing her, making her feel smaller and smaller as if she were nothing more than a speck in the vastness of a nightmare.
Her tho
