Chapter 157

• I held the phone against my ear, my stomach twisting with nausea. The world around me spun in dizzying circles. Freya’s voice rang through the receiver, frantic and urgent, but I could barely process her words. She was calling my name—again and again—until finally, her voice shattered the fog in my mind.
• "Thalassa! Are you there?!" she yelled, breaking through my daze.
• "This can't be true... It can't be true!" I choked out, my voice raw with desperation.