The Witch's Warning

Sage POV

The crystal ball burst in my hands.

Glass cut my hands as I stumbled backward, but the pain was nothing compared to what I'd just seen. The future stretched before me like a nightmare - entire worlds eaten by darkness, billions of people screaming as reality itself dissolved around them.

"No, no, no," I whispered, looking at the blood dripping from my fingers. The vision had been so real I could still smell the burning towns, still hear the silence that came after everything died.

My grandmother's spell book lay open on the table, its pages fluttering like they were living. I'd been trying to understand the reality tears for weeks, staying up all night while everyone else argued about vampires and old enemies. Someone had to figure out how to stop this mess before it was too late.

But now I knew the truth, and it was worse than anyone thought.