Umbra's eyes shot open, his breath ragged as the shock of the situation hit him like a tidal wave. He sat up quickly, scanning his surroundings. The air was thick with an overwhelming, suffocating silence. He reached out, only to feel the faintest presence of energy flicker—just a brief pulse of power. Then, nothing.
He stood up, his body trembling as he grasped his surroundings, realizing the magnitude of the loss. The girl, his daughter—the only family he had left after the carnage—had vanished. The burst of energy that had swept through the land had stolen her from his grasp, and now he was alone.
He staggered to his feet and started moving, no destination in mind but to find her. The ground beneath him cracked and shook as he moved, his steps quickening, matching the wild rhythm of his heart. He didn't stop. He couldn't stop.
