The floor gave way beneath us with a loud, tearing crash.Gravity pulled me down into the open pit before I could grab the edge of the shattered marble. Dust and flying glass filled the air, blocking out the neon lights of the Marina Pavilion. I fell through the dark, my arms windmilling as the wind roared past my ears.Amina caught my jacket mid-air, her grip tight and sudden. She swung her glowing spear into the crumbling concrete wall of the descending shaft, using the bright tip to slow our downward slide in a shower of orange sparks.We hit the lower sub-level hard, rolling across a damp metal grid floor.I pushed myself up, coughing as the thick dust cleared from my eyes. Tari landed a few feet away, his black blade already flashing in the dim light of the emergency backup lamps. Zara dropped down right behind him, landing on her boots without making a single sound, her heavy leather coat sweeping the floor."Everyone alive?" Zara asked, her voice calm and steady despite the fal

The pillar of dark energy lifted me into the air, spinning with a force that made my breath catch in my throat.Down below, the ancient stone floor split open with a loud crack, swallowing the enforcers and their glowing rifles in a cloud of dust and falling rock. The man in the black suit stumbled backward, dropping his red-tipped staff as the edge of the chasm opened right beneath his boots. He grabbed the side of a falling pillar, screaming for help as the stone gave way and dropped him into the dark abyss.Yetunde did not fall. She leaped sideways with incredible speed, catching the edge of a high stone archway just as the ground collapsed. She hung there by her fingertips, her chest heaving as she looked down at the chaos unfolding below.I hovered in the center of the dark energy pillar, my feet planted on not