Chapter 16
Chapter 16: The Crack in the Stage
The theater collapses around them as the oldest one's servant advances. Elias's wound blazes, and Aena reveals the only way to slow the breach is to move deeper into the building. The group races through backstage corridors as the void begins to leak through the cracks, and they find themselves trapped in a room that wasn't on any blueprint.
The ground lurched. Dust showered from the ceiling, and a crack split the stage from left to right, racing toward the orchestra pit like a black vein. Dee Jay grabbed Lily's arm and yanked her back as a chunk of plaster crashed where she'd been standing.
"Move!" Dee Jay shouted.
Elias staggered, his wounded hand blazing so bright it cast sharp shadows across the peeling walls. Lena caught him before he fell, her arm around his waist, pulling him toward the side aisle.
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