Her chest tightened, and for a moment, she couldn't breathe.
"Eros? Liliana?" Her voice trembled, breaking the sterile stillness.
She reached out through her senses, searching the threads of their energies she had always been attuned to. But there was nothing. No warmth. No trace of their auras. It was as if the universe itself had swallowed them whole.
Then, without warning, a violent surge of power struck her like a tidal wave. It crashed into her body, searing her veins and setting every nerve aflame. The machines around her sparked and shattered, and the room's lights flickered wildly. She clutched her chest, gasping as shadows and light warred within her core.
"What is this…?" she whispered, her voice strangled with confusion and fear.
