Kael POV

Darkness pressed in from all sides.This didn’t feel like the comforting darkness of sleep. This was different, it felt heavier and more suffocating.

It was trying to pull me under. Trying to drag me into unconsciousness that felt more like death.

I fought it. Like I’d been fighting it for weeks. However long we’d been trapped in this barrier.Time was meaningless here. Days blurred into nights. Sleep and waking became indistinguishable.

But I refused to surrender completely. ...