Lena barely had time to brace before the Rift swallowed them whole.The world folded around her, pulling her through layers of time, space, and something else—something ancient.For a split second, she saw flickering images: a ruined throne, a city in flames, Cassian reaching for her with blood on his hands—her blood.And then—Silence.Lena hit the ground hard, breath knocked from her lungs. Around her, the others groaned as they landed one by one.Cassian was the first to move. “Lena?” His hands found hers, grounding her.“I’m fine,” she said, even though her head spun.The Rift’s energy still crackled around them, but this place was different.It wasn’t a void anymore.It was a temple.Massive obsidian pillars stretched toward a sky that didn’t exist, suspended in a place between worlds. The air was thick with magic—ancient, pulsing, alive.At the temple’s centre stood an altar. And on it—A heart.Not a human one, but something carved from shimmering crystal, pulsing in sync with
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