Kael
At first, I thought I had imagined it, but the stone began to glow faintly beneath my fingertips. It was faint at first, with lines of light spreading out like veins, with a soft blue light emanating from where my palms were still connected to the wall.
The glow grew brighter, spreading outward like water soaking into cloth. It raced along the walls, up toward the ceiling, down toward the floor, spilling across the tunnel until it filled the space.
Within seconds, the entire tunnel was illuminated in brilliant blue light and then—
A blinding flash exploded before my eyes, blasting directly into my face.
The force of it threw me backwards. I flew through the air and slammed into the opposite wall, the impact knocking all the air from my lungs. I slid down to the ground, gasping, my eyes squeezed shut against the overwhelming brightness.
For a second, I thought I'd gone blind. But when I finally managed to open them, the tunnel was gone.
Everything had changed.
