The Heart of the Storm. AI-Generated.
For a moment, there was nothing.
No sound. No light. No time.
Just a suffocating, endless void.
Clea’s breath caught in her throat as she felt herself suspended in the space between worlds. The shard in her hand pulsed, its warmth spreading through her veins, but it was faint, a fragile glow against the suffocating darkness. The swirling chaos of shattered time had receded, leaving only a quiet, oppressive silence.