Chapter 177

CHAPTER 19… ANDRES The first thing I felt was weightlessness... Not the peaceful kind — the terrifying, disorienting kind that steals every sense of direction. The Veil was nothing like legends said. It wasn’t just darkness nor It was just light. It was both, swirling in shifting currents like an ocean made of memories. Czer? He didn’t answer with words — just a low hum, coiled within. ‘Mate is close. But she is fading.’ The thought sliced through me harder than the ice-cold wind pulling at my skin. I pushed forward— or what felt like forward, through the thick, shimmering mist. The air tasted like dreams and grief, a strange mix that made my heart race. The Veil whispered around me. “He comes for her…” “Too late…” “Not yet…” “Fate shifts…” Voices. Too many. All overlapping like layers of forgotten time. The ground thudded beneath my feet suddenly — a barren expanse of silver sand stretching into forever. And far in the distance— A flicker of white light flashed before my eyes. My ches