When we stepped into the place, it felt like I had crossed into another dimension.
Everything around me changed — the atmosphere, the air, even the texture of space itself.
My body instinctively stiffened.
It wasn't fear, but awe.
A suffocating yet electrifying pressure wrapped around me, seeping into my skin like mist.
This place was thick with mana… a raw, overwhelming kind of mana. It scraped at the edges of my senses like sandpaper — coarse, uneven, and jagged — but strangely, it didn't feel malevolent. No. It wasn't evil… just immense.
Whoever was emitting this kind of presence… wasn't just strong. They were terrifying. Dangerous. A being operating on a whole different level.
That's when I caught it — a scent. It lingered like smoke, curling through the air and hitting me like a wave.
Perfume?
No. That wasn't it.
It was the smell of a woman.
Pheromones.
