"Where am I?"
I looked up. The whole sky was white, nothing above me but an endless, blank space stretching forever.
The ground was white.
The walls were white.
Everything was too bright, empty and silent.
I was standing in what looked like a maze… but no matter which direction I turned, it all blended into the same hollow whiteness.
Earlier, I had unleashed my flame, but it fizzled out like smoke.
Now I was panting, exhausted.
"Lucian!" I shouted again, though I'd already lost count of how many times I'd called his name.
No answer. Just that empty echo coming back to me.
"Lucian, where are you…?"
The silence stayed.
Then suddenly something moved.
A shadow? I think it was a shadow.
It slipped past the corner of my vision, fast and silent.
"Hey—wait!" I forced my tired legs to move, stumbling forward. My footsteps echoed strangely, bouncing around the walls like the place was listening.
I followed the shadow around a corner.
