Margo couldn’t breathe.
A thick haze coated her senses like fog, obscuring all that she saw and heard into a mess of sensory perception that faded in and out of focus despite her attempts to steady herself. Cacophony reigned king, king of the indecipherable voices and sights all around her and king of the rising fervor in her chest, but it held no dominion over the taste of copper in her mouth, nor the distinct tinge of burning pine trees that filled the air.
Sharp impressions of buildings cut themselves into the skyline, backlit by massive pillars of burning firelight — trees that howled with the wind.
Figures moved past her.
People.
Not people.
Faces she didn’t always recognize.
Gaping chasms in the sky invited beams of light to radiate down at irregular intervals, swallowing entire chunks of the world whole in their brilliance.
The broken silhouette of an otherworldly shape rose from the smoke in the mid-distance, its head reeling back to let out an ear-splitting screech. The horrendous thunder surged over her like a tidal wave.
She knew this place.
So excited to see this being published! Let the Dreams begin!