Aurora’s P.O.V

The suffocating darkness clung to me like a second skin as I bolted upright, gasping, and my lungs struggling against the thick air. Cold sweat slicked my forehead, and I pressed a trembling hand to my chest, trying to steady my breaths. But nothing helped.

The darkness was all around me, pressing down like a suffocating blanket.

“Caleb!” I called out, my voice cracking, the sound faint and swallowed by the abyss. Panic clawed at me.

“Caroline! ...