Alysse’s POV
The entrance to the fourth trial didn’t look like the others.
No towering gates.
No dark tunnels.
No monstrous aura.
Just… silence.
A still, empty space.
Too still.
I stepped forward slowly, every instinct in my body screaming that something was wrong.
“This doesn’t feel like a trial…” I whispered.
“It is,” Celeste replied quietly.
“The most dangerous one yet.”
A chill ran down my spine.
The moment I took another step—
The world shattered.
I was no longer alone.
I stood in the middle of a vast, dimly lit space. The ground beneath me was smooth like glass, reflecting everything… including my own fear.
And in front of me—
Two figures appeared.
My breath stopped.
“Sebastian…”
He stood to my right. Bruised, exhausted, but alive. His eyes softened the moment th
