The golden tower stood alone on the pale grass.
It didn't look stable. The surface shifted in slow waves, like something underneath was moving.
Orin stopped us a short distance from the base.
"This one is different," she said. "It's alive. The walls, floor, and ceiling will try to grow around you and pull you in. You can't force your way through with power alone. You have to keep it from taking hold while still moving up. Vale and Sael should stay at the front. Isolde, your affinity can disrupt it. The rest of us keep the path open and watch each other's backs. The seed at the top rewrites bone density. It will break bones while it changes them."
No one argued.
We went in.
The first chamber tried to close on us almost immediately.
