Chapter 124: The Witch’s Proposal
I landed hard on what felt like solid ground, though I couldn’t see anything in the whirling darkness. Pain shot through my shoulder as I rolled to my feet, looking for any sign of where I was or what had happened.
"Sage!" a familiar voice called out. Prince Ash materialized from the shadows, his fae power creating a small bubble of silver light around us. Behind him, I could make out the shapes of others - Caleb, Dmitri, Elder Iris, and in the middle, a girl who flickered like a broken television.
Lily Carter. The one causing all this chaos.
"What happened?" I ordered, reaching out with my witch senses to understand the magical disaster surrounding us. What I felt made my blood run cold. "We’re between worlds. How is that even possible?"
"The Void King," Ash said grimly. "He tricked us all. Everything we tried to help Lily only made her more unstable. Now we’re stuck in the space between worlds."
I studied Lily carefully, using the magical sight my grandma had taught me. The girl was a mess of swirling energies, linked to multiple realities at once. Every few seconds, parts of her would fade away, then snap back into focus. It was like watching someone being torn apart and put back together over and over.
"How long has she been like this?" I asked.
"Days," Caleb answered, his voice breaking. "We can’t touch her. Every time we try, our hands go right through her."
That’s when I understood the real trouble. Lily wasn’t just stuck between worlds - she was losing her link to any single reality. Soon, she would fade away totally, becoming nothing more than a ghost drifting through the void forever.
