Tyler’s pulse thundered in his ears, a deafening roar that drowned out everything else. The world around him seemed to bend and warp, the air flickering with distorted flashes of light as if reality itself was on the brink of collapsing. His vision was blurred, his body trembling from the force of the rift’s pull. He could feel the gravity of it now—more than ever before. The rift wasn’t just pulling at the fabric of space; it was tugging at his very soul, like a relentless hand that wouldn’t let go. And as the blinding light enveloped him, he knew that time was running out. Amara... I have to find her. But the words were distant. Fading. His thoughts scattered, the urgency of her voice in his mind clashing with the chaos around him. There was no way to fight back against the rift's pu

