His vision spun.
It wasn't like any teleportation he'd experienced before.
His body was tugged violently in all directions, weightless yet crushed, spinning through a spiral that pulled the breath from his lungs.
His senses blurred—no up, no down, only a whirl of yellow light and soundless pressure.
And then—
His feet struck hard ground.
Riley staggered forward, regaining his balance, his sharp eyes instantly adjusting to the new environment.
He stood within what seemed to be a massive, cavernous space.
The air was thick, damp, and heavy with the scent of earth and stone. Darkness pressed in from every direction, broken only by faint glimmers of glowing moss that clung to the jagged walls.
The ceiling stretched so high above that it vanished into shadow, echoing with the faint drip of unseen water.
A cave.
But not an ordinary one.
It stretched far into the distance, a labyrinth of shadows and uneven terrain.
