Chapter 8: [ On the Edge ]
Their locked gaze had unspeakable weight to it.
Something, beyond them, gazed back at them.
Something he couldn’t explain, nor did he try to comprehend.
The pressure he felt in his head made him feel like it would explode. His thoughts felt scattered, like his brain was scrambled.
The mark on his body burned bright, he could feel the powerful magic from the circle as it pieced his thoughts together.
He could feel his mind breaking continuously, yet the mark kept the pieces from drifting apart, putting everything back as fast as it could.
The goblin was the first one to move, seemingly unaffected.
The world through his eyes, however, had changed.
Everything, from the dark sun, to the girl standing further away, to the goblin before him.
Every twitch of muscle. Every breath it held.
He could see it all.