Though Destiny controlled our movements, I fully expected to reemerge from whatever means she used to transport us into my own private room in the Chaos realm. But, when I stuttered out of the shuddering gap she'd pulled me into, Time parting before her, my sneakers sank into soft, warm sand.

I knew this beach. I'd been here before with her, the first time we'd officially met. Was this her realm or just some place she enjoyed visiting? Not that it mattered right now. Nor did ...