Renny felt her entire body shake, twisting in small jerky motions as she stood, locked in place. She noticed when Trace and his girlfriend entered the basement, witnessed Aradhon thrust a knife into the woman's stomach and Trace catch her before she hit the ground, watched as the woman's tongue shot from her mouth, stretching to latch onto one of the victims around the dark faerie circle, and still, Renny remained frozen, agony coursing through every nerve-ending in her body.
As the dark elves and the gargoyles turned to fight Trace and the woman, Renny felt herself slipping in between worlds, the concrete walls and floor fading, replaced by a grassy plain and the bluest sky. She heard birds chirping in the distance as a soft breeze blew around her, and yet, the magical coils still held h
