(... continued)
Autumn's eyes snapped to Kieran, her pulse hammering in her throat.
She could feel the disaster…quite literally…the pull, the rupture, the dread rolling in waves from the southeast.
Her breath tore out of her chest. "The dock area!" she cried, voice breaking against the cold air. "Come with me… I can get us there faster!"
Before Kieran could even form a reply, her hand shot out. Fingers clamped around his wrist…
"Wait…Autumn…where are you…"
Too late.
She yanked him forward.
Her blue flames ignited…light bursting around them in a violent snap. The world smeared, blurred, collapsed in a rush of wind and thunder.
His breath ripped out of him as his body tore through space alongside hers, his muscles straining against the impossible pull.
And then…
The ground slammed back beneath their boots. Sand. Wet. Heavy with blood and salt.
