POV: Victoria

The forest vanished. Reality shifted, and suddenly I was somewhere else. Somewhere I recognized a sick, twisting feeling in my gut. Maya's compound. Or what was left of it.

The buildings were on fire, flames reaching toward a smoke-choked sky. Bodies littered the ground. The acrid smell of burning wood and flesh filled my nostrils. I could hear screaming from multiple directions.

This was the battle three months ago. The one where Seraphina's forces had attacked. ...