The thick darkness was gone, but an unsettling silence surrounded him. He wasn't falling anymore; he had landed somewhere... strange and unknown.
He looked around, hoping for something familiar, some sign that would lead him to Azreal. But all he saw were shadows shifting at the edge of his vision, watching him from the darkness, lurking just out of reach.
His journey was far from over. He knew that. Whatever he had faced before, this felt different—deeper, darker. This was the beginning of a test, unlike anything he'd known.
Kaelen took a step forward, his heartbeat loud in his chest. The silence pressed in, heavy and cold, as if the shadows themselves were waiting for his next move. The air felt thick, making it hard to breathe.
But he couldn't stop. He had come too far to turn back now.
