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Where Are We?
The scent of ozone mixed with sulphur was overwhelming, and it hit Aaron in the face out of nowhere. One moment, he was walking toward a woman who looked strangely like his wife, and the next, everything was black—and smelly.
“What the hell happened?”
It took a few moments for Aaron’s eyes to adjust to the dark, but when he was finally able to make out the form of his best friend next to his shoulder, part of him felt relieved that he wasn’t alone wherever they were, and the other part was angry that Elliott had just been transported to whatever this place was. Even though he’d only gotten a glimpse of their surroundings, it was pretty obvious it wasn’t a hospitable place to say the least.
“I’m not sure,” the Guardian Leader admitted, “but it doesn’t look like paradise.”
The landscape around them began to come into focus, and Aaron could hardly believe what he was looking at. Th
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