The pull intensified again, and now they were moving fast. Julian could feel the pressure building around them as they fell through the void. His daughters were struggling, and he could sense their distress even without seeing them.
"Father!" Seraphine's voice came. "The pressure—it's crushing me! I can barely breathe!"
"My armor's cracking!" Lyanna gasped, her arms flailing helplessly around her. "The joints are—I can feel them bending!"
Cassandra groaned as well. "Everything hurts. Father, please—"
"Channel your mana!" Julian commanded, his own power already surging to life around him. "Now!"
Immediately, he channeled Heaven's Energy, and a golden aura erupted around him, visible even in the absolute darkness of the void. It formed a sphere of protective energy that pushed back the crushing pressure.
But his daughters were still out there, struggling against the forces they had never encountered before.
