Kyara's POVThe sensation of falling was not what I was expecting. It wasn't the rush of wind across my flesh or the weightless descent. No, things were worse. It felt as if the universe was tearing around me, tugging my soul in a thousand different directions. I grabbed out blindly, desperate for anything, anything, to keep me grounded."Kyara!" Eric's raspy but firm voice cut through the tumult, and his hand found mine. His grip was firm, even as the world spun around us.The light underneath us swirled, molten and alive, until we hit something—not with a crash, but with a sudden, bone-deep silence that made my lungs scream for breath.I opened my eyes, coughing, and saw Eric next to me. His face was pallid, his lips pushed tightly together as he held his side. The wound had reopened, leaving blood on his shirt and pouring onto the ground—or what passed for the ground here."Eric," I said quietly, reaching toward him. "Stay still." Let me —""I'm fine," he cut me off, but his tone b
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