"Core?!"
Phei's voice travelled through the dim stone hall and received absolutely nothing in return.
Sienna had already gone silent. His True Void Sense could still find her presence elsewhere within the structure, so she had not vanished merely to torment him. She was simply refusing to answer.
Phei exhaled through his nose and looked down at the dark-golden elixir rolling beneath the steam.
"Core," he muttered. "Just casually throw that word at me and disappear."
Sienna heard him but she did not respond.
Somewhere beyond the chamber, however, her violet eyes remained fixed upon him; he was naked in enough concentrated Immortal essence to make every instinct in his body pull toward the spring.
