"No!" Seph shouted. Her voice echoed through a long, dark tunnel, too far away.

I slumped to the sandy beach, and my body had already started to go numb. I was losing badly against Ryze, yet again. I was losing. Again. But I couldn't. Not this time. But what else could I do? I could barely breathe, let alone say a healing spell, and even if I used magic against him, he might just use it against me right back.

"Come with me, Dawn," he said, holding out his hand. "I ...