Chapter Seventeen: Beneath the Veil II

Chapter Seventeen: Beneath the Veil II

The moment Elara and Liam crossed the threshold, the world dissolved around them, a chaotic ballet of light and shadow, a disorienting spectacle of fractured realities. The sensation was neither falling nor flying—just an endless, disembodied shift, like being unmade and remade at once, a constant flux that defied comprehension. Cold tendrils of energy, like spectral serpents, coiled around Elara’s limbs, pulling, whispering, unraveling something deep within her, a forgotten tapestry of memories and power.

Then, with a forceful jolt, a jarring return to physicality, they landed.