Khalid POV

. My heart raced as I closed the distance between us, my steps echoing the rapid beat in my chest. The figure beneath the tree, its features obscured by the play of moonlight and shadow, beckoned me like a mirage, drawing me closer with every heartbeat.

But as my eyes focused on the form before me, confusion tangled with the urgency within me. How had Megan come to be here in the land of the dead? And why was she sitting so quietly, as if she were untouched by the eerie surroundings? It was as if the turmoil of this realm had no effect on her, as if...