The rift pulsed with a deafening hum, the air thick and heavy with an energy that seemed to tear at the fabric of reality itself. Tyler’s body trembled, the ground beneath him nothing but a distant memory as he stood at the edge of the abyss. The swirling darkness that surrounded him was a physical presence, tugging at him, beckoning him into its depths. The pull was irresistible. He could feel the rift’s cold fingers, like iron chains wrapped around his soul, trying to drag him into its infinite void.
But Amara…
Her voice echoed in his mind again, that faint whisper of help me. It was all he could focus on. He couldn’t let her be consumed. He couldn’t let the rift have her. There had to be a way. There had to be something that could stop it.
Tyler’s heart hammered in his chest, every b
