Emily's heart raced as the figure moved closer, their presence filling the chamber with a weight she could feel pressing against her very soul. Every step they took seemed to draw the light away, as if the shadows themselves bowed to their will.
Mira and Alaric stood frozen, their weapons raised but useless. This new arrival had silenced the Abyss, a feat neither of them had thought possible. The tension in the room was suffocating, the very air thick with power.
The figure's eyes, glowing with an otherworldly intensity, locked onto Emily's. Their voice echoed again, deep and resonant. "You stand on the edge of the Abyss, but you know nothing of its true nature. Do you still wish to bind what you cannot understand?"
Emily swallowed hard, her mind racing. Who was this person? And how did they possess such control over the Abyss?
"I don't… I don't want to bind it," she stammered, the truth spilling from her lips. "I just want to stop it from destroying everything."
