>>Aelin
I opened my eyes to find myself in a vast, echoing chamber bathed in silvery light that poured through towering arches high above me. My breath caught as I took in the scene: in the center of the space, a colossal stone sphere floated impossibly in midair, slowly rotating. A lush patch of greenery clung to its crown, a tiny, defiant oasis sprouting from the ancient rock.
There was a spell written on it
I couldn't read it all, but it looked like it was the same spell I whispered from the scroll.
Ripples spread across a pool directly beneath it, as if the sphere were tethered by invisible forces. Giant stairways and circular platforms hung suspended in the air around it, crisscrossing the space like fragments of some forgotten civilization. Water spilled in shimmering curtains down the far walls, catching the light in radiant sheets.
