Chapter 32 The Wind

Alex's world was a blur of darkness and flame, his body burning as if it were being torn apart from the inside. The Abyss, a twisted dimension of pure malice, continued to claw at him, dragging him deeper into its suffocating embrace. He couldn't see anything and could barely feel anything except the pain and the void pressing in on him from all sides. But he knew one thing: Mara was slipping away. Their connection, the tie that had linked them, their bond of love that had pulled him through the worst of this nightmare, was weakening. He could feel it, a fine thread of light pulling thin, reaching the breaking point. I won't lose you, he thought in desperation. I won't.