hrough the veil, her bre

maybe cold. But what gr

air shimmered with pearlescent dust, suspended mid-float. Her footsteps echoed despite the absence of any gro

brushing her shoulder for balance. Reina

fraid that if she spoke too loud, e

"We're past the veil

Ho

dn't belong in her mouth. Like speakin

brow. "It's like... everything here i

cases leading to nothing, bits of sky torn open like paper. Buildings floated sideways, upside dow

ured. "These are a

roy them. It repurposes them. Corrupts them. What you're se

being watched. She wasn't sure if it was the sky-or what replaced the sky-that made h

eath it, the void shimmered like ink dropped in water. She crouched a

rm. Alive

ck. "This place

Kael said, voice low. "But this-this

nd reached them. A lu

e. "That

r mother'

was there. The melody floated on the air, weaving th

art hammering. Reina reached fo

see," she

llow had suddenly dressed itself in sunlight. She stepped into a hallway made of mirrors,

saw her

tanding in the center of the mirrored corr

Ava cho

gure t

s glowing a dull, metallic silver. When it spoke, it was her mot

Dreamweaver. But this i

had caught up by now, and they ste

hissed. "It's using yo

spered. But her e

the weight of your power. You carry more than just drea

emanded, her voice s

re said. "We are what the world

round them be

e glowing with blue dreamlight-and poin

then crumbled into ash. Th

themselves back in the

va said. "It knew me. It knew

eeper we go, the more it will pull from us. If you hold on

e to keep moving. The

like a heart in the distance. She felt it calling to her.

red her

t's go f