Chapter 57: Into the Abyss
Nate’s POV
Emma was gone.
One second, she had been standing there, fire in her eyes as she faced the first Ashford—
And the next—
The floor had collapsed beneath her.
I saw her silhouette disappear into the darkness, her scream cut short as the shadows swallowed her whole.
“NO!”
Rage exploded inside me.
I lunged forward, but Callum’s iron grip caught my arm, yanking me back before I could throw myself in after her.
“Let go!” I roared, my pulse thundering in my ears.
Callum didn’t.
His jaw was tight, his face ashen, but his grip was unshakable. “You can’t help her if you fall too.”
I struggled, my body shaking with adrenaline and something worse—something cold and suffocating.
Pure. Uncontrolled. Fear.
Because Emma wasn’t just lost.
She was in the
