Chapter 56 The Second Shattering

• The Veil did not release me.
• I thought I was ready for that gasp—lungs burning, Ronan pulling me back by sheer force of will. But instead. The shadows just swallowed me whole, rising and dragging me further down and deeper.
• “No!” I choked out, fighting for sheer will against nothing but the Veil? It had hands, claws and strength. It dragged me down, deeper than I thought possible. Even Ronan’s howl—usually enough to shake the dead awake—just faded out, gone, like someone hit mute on the universe.