The world around Liora twisted the moment the white light swallowed them.
She felt her stomach lurch, her ears ringing as if she were falling through water or space itself had unraveled and stitched itself back together without warning. Her head spun and her eyes clenched shut from the blinding flash. Her feet had no ground to stand on, only weightless air and the dizzying sense of movement.
Then followed by sudden stillness. The air grew cold and her boots touched earth again.
When Liora opened her eyes, she froze.
The sterile white walls of the hospital were gone. In their place loomed towering trees with thick, gnarled trunks. Their leaves formed a suffocating canopy above, so dense that no sunlight could seep through.
Everything was dim. The ground was covered in thick fog, so dense it coiled around her ankles and muffled the earth beneath her feet.
Liora's breath caught in her throat.
