Bound in Darkness

A suffocating weight pressed against Evelyne's chest as the world turned black. Shadows coiled around her limbs like living chains, dragging her into an abyss so deep it swallowed all sound.

Her heart pounded. She couldn't breathe.

She fought against the unseen force, her hands clawing at the darkness. But it was like trying to grasp smoke—it slipped through her fingers, consuming her whole.

Then, a voice, low and ancient, rumbled through the void.

"The key has awoken."

Evelyne gasped as a vision struck her like a blade to the skull.

Flashes of fire. A grand throne room crumbling to ruin. A woman with eyes like hers, standing before a monstrous figure cloaked in shadows. Blood smeared the floor, and a single name echoed in her mind—

"Seraphina."

The vision shattered. Evelyne fell forward, gasping for air as reality crashed back around her. The ruins came into focus, the oppressive darkness fading.