Distance
Sera watched Zubair disappear.
There was no warning. No flash. No sound. One moment he was there…steady, grounded, exactly where he should be…and the next the space folded and he was gone.
The smirk on the Sherrif's face when it happened made her want to reach across the room and rip his head off, but she had to be smart.
So, instead of doing what she wanted, she did the exact opposite, hoping that it was just her imagination or a new power of Zubair's.
Sera didn't move. She didn't speak. Her eyes stayed fixed on the place where he had been standing, waiting for him to pop back into view.
But he didn't.
The realization came slowly, not as panic, but as pressure.
Something opened inside her chest like a space had been carved out of her without her permission. She opened her mouth to take in a deep breath, hoping to ease the pressure, but that only seemed to make it worse.
She couldn't breathe.
Zubair had been there.
