The moment the system froze her, her mind went into overdrive. Every horrible possibility came crashing in at once.
What if the moss flared.
What if the heat overwhelmed him.
What if he slipped.
What if something was hiding in the crack.
What if he—
Another scream ripped through the mountain.
Isabella choked on a sound she didn't know she could make. Her entire body trembled. Every hair on her arms stood up. The scream wasn't human. It wasn't animal. It wasn't anything she recognized.
But it was Osiris.
It was him.
It had to be him.
She could hear him in the rawness of it.
Agony.
Pain.
Suffering.
"OSIRIS!" she shrieked. "WHAT IS HAPPENING, ANSWER ME!"
Nothing.
The scream cut off as abruptly as it started. Like someone ripped the sound out of the air.
The silence after was worse than the scream itself.
Isabella's breath came in short, ragged pieces. She tried to force her legs to move but the system held her in place. The pressure in her chest grew unbearable.
