The moment the black gate swallowed Kyle and the others. The entire chamber broke into chaos.
Screams echoed off the walls.
Students stumbled backward. Instructors shouted over one another, trying to regain control.
Officials from the Dungeon Association ran across the floor, shouting orders, trying to make sense of what had just happened.
Seraphina pushed herself up from the ground. Her hand smoking from the blast that had thrown her back.
The skin on her palm was cracked and burned black. But she didn't even glance at it.
Her eyes were fixed on the swirling black void where the gate had just been.
"They're gone," she said quietly. Her voice empty.
Aurelia appeared beside her in an instant, gripping her shoulder tightly. "Seraphina—!"
But Seraphina didn't look at her. She kept staring at the space where the gate had closed.
Aurelia's grip tightened. Then she turned. Her eyes sharp and furious.
"Brynn!"
