Tyler’s body trembled as the rift expanded, its tendrils of dark energy wrapping around him like a suffocating vice. He felt himself being pulled, his limbs unresponsive, as though they no longer belonged to him. His mind was racing, trying to make sense of what was happening, but everything around him was too much, too fast. The very fabric of reality seemed to warp and bend, and with every second, the pull grew stronger.
The smile on Amara’s face—a twisted, knowing expression—haunted him as he was pulled closer to her. It was a smile that should have been comforting, one he had seen many times before, but now it was full of malice, of something darker. She wasn’t the woman he had known anymore; she had become something else. Something dangerous.
"Amara!" he called out again, but his vo
