Nothing made sense anymore.
The world fractured into noise and motion and fear all at once, as if reality itself had lost its footing.
The darkness pouring from Violet swelled outward like a living tide, hungry and unstoppable.
Fae screamed. Guards were already retreating, instincts screaming at them to run, but there was nowhere fast enough to escape.
"Leave now!" Lila yelled at the queen but she wouldn't.
"I need to get to my daughter!" Queen Seraphira yelled.
Then Annequin stepped into the chaos, raising her hand as shadows answered her call. They poured out from inside of her where they have been living in all this while. They spiraled outward in perfect symmetry, meeting Violet's unmaking head-on.
The collision was immediate as darkness slammed into darkness with the force of colliding worlds.
