My thoughts raced as I tried to make sense of it. How would I escape this strange place? Would I ever return to the world I knew? But deep inside, I refused to give up. Determination rose within me, pushing me to fight against the darkness.

As I kept falling, I felt weaker and weaker. The endless darkness stretched on forever, with no sign of the ground below. My heart pounded as I braced for the moment I would hit the bottom, expecting pain to follow.

My cries were swallowed by the void. No ...