They found shelter in an abandoned world.
A dream-realm Korrin had saved in a glass marble for emergencies.
Inside it, the sky was red velvet.
The trees glowed with silver fruit.
Time didn't work.
They had one day.
Liss and Thessaly danced beneath the fake stars.
Naia and Elyse finally kissed—awkward, clumsy, perfect.
Korrin fell asleep with a spellbook on his face.
And for the first time in weeks…
Liss smiled without fear.
But even the fake sky cracked—
And Ling Kushi whispered from the wind:
"Your love cannot cage me forever."