The musty odor of mold and decay hit me as I took my first step inside. Dim light filtered through cracks in the boarded windows, creating slivers of visibility in the otherwise dark interior. Dust particles danced in these thin beams, disturbed by my cautious movements.
*Landon, please answer me,* I tried again through our mental link, the desperation in my thoughts palpable. *I'm in an abandoned building at the edge of town. Someone has kidnapped Nolan.*
Nothing but silence answered me.
I crept forward, my footsteps creaking against the rotting floorboards despite my attempts to move quietly. The house groaned around me like a living, dying thing.
"Let me go!" Nolan's voice echoed from somewhere above me.
My heart lurched at the sound of his fear. Without hesitation, I moved toward a staircase in the corner, its railing partially collapsed.
*Seraphina? Where are you?* Landon's voice finally crashed into my mind, his fury vibrating through our connection.
