The multi-coloured cosmic energy of the dimensional tunnel rippled against the obsidian hull of the war chariot, casting shifting violet and silver shadows across the interior].
Inside the spatial rift, completely cut off from the lower world's sensory networks and tracking arrays, the atmosphere settled into a tense, surreal quiet .
The heavy, suffocating pressure of the Tian Family enforcers had finally vanished from their skin, but the shock of what had just transpired remained deeply etched into the air .
Lady Vivienne Vane sat rigidly upon the plush, fur-lined seat of the vehicle, her elegant, breathtakingly beautiful face pale with a mixture of raw disbelief and profound, intoxicating awe.
