The sky tore open like paper.
Elara grabbed Jake and Lily, pulling them close as purple lightning crackled through the massive hole above their heads. They'd been running for hours since escaping the bunker, but now there was nowhere left to go.
"What is that?" Darian shouted over the howling wind.
Through the tear in the sky, they could see another world. A place where the ground was made of crystal and three moons hung in a green sky. And something was coming through.
"Not something," Emma corrected, her silver eyes wide with terror. "Someone."
A figure stepped out of the hole in the sky and floated down toward them. It looked almost human, but its skin was pale blue and its hair moved like it was underwater. When it spoke, its voice sounded like music and breaking glass at the same time.
"So these are the children who woke the Devourer," the creature said, studying them with eyes that sparkled like stars.
"Who are you?" Elara demanded, stepping in front of her kids.
