A dark swirl of ashes puffed up free of the box.

The dark swirl bobbed about behind him, sliding away from the light.

Maria, thoughts in a dark swirl, felt crystals of ice form around her heart.

He rose, peering into the dark swirl over the side.

Then the world turned into a dark swirl, and he felt hands tugging at him just before he blacked out.

A dark swirl of smoke appeared near her mouth, as the heat caused the air to burn explosively.

Heat until the edges are cooked and the bottom is colored with dark swirls, about 45 seconds.

First come dark swirls of black, and then washes of aluminum gray.

A dark swirl of movement flickered in the whiteness.

Felouen may come through this Gate, he thought, staring at the dark swirl of energy.