Quinlan stepped through the [Warp Gate] with his boots crunching against stone as the battlefield vanished behind him.
He arrived at the Consortium Stronghold, the location he told his girls to retreat to, together with Veil Walker Rynne and her army before he went to get Black Fang.
The sight that greeted him was one to remember.
Vex sat slumped against the wall. Her usually sharp posture was entirely gone. Sweat plastered strands of white hair against her pale face as her chest rose and fell shallowly.
He could feel it without even looking at her systemic interface using his slave status spell; she had poured every last drop of mana into him through their cursed bond, bleeding herself dry to keep him standing.
And yet…
When her half-lidded eyes found him, when recognition dawned that he had returned alive… her lips curved into the most radiant smile.
