The fortress interior was somehow colder than the blizzard outside, which seemed physically impossible but here we were, walking through ice corridors that made my teeth chatter despite my warden energy trying to compensate.
The walls were crystalline, reflecting our movements in fragmented distortions, and the ceiling stretched so high above us that I couldn't see where it ended.
Void was pressed against my neck, unusually tense, and I could feel something radiating from it that felt like anticipation mixed with anxiety.
"Entity energy is concentrated ahead," Azryth said, demon power already manifesting around his hands. "Central location."
"Lovely," I muttered. "Nothing says fun like walking toward the scary energy."
"You could stay here," Mara suggested.
"And miss whatever nightmare is waiting? Absolutely not."
