Juno's body tensed, his taishin glyphs glowing instinctively.
His voice came in a whisper of disbelief:
"No... she's breaking the seal!"
Khael ran.
Not toward Ko.
Not toward Li.
Toward her.
"LIN!!"
His voice cracked through the roar of the storm.
He didn't know if she could hear him—
He only prayed her heart would.
But just as he reached for her—
Dark tendrils burst from the Rift.
Like serpents of smoke and starlight, they lashed out and hurled him backward.
WHAM!
Khael hit the dirt, gasping.
But his body moved before his breath returned.
"Move, damn it—MOVE!"
He rose again, every muscle screaming.
The tendrils surged again.
He roared into the wind, forcing his way forward, feet grinding against the ground.
A voice came. One only he could hear.
"SYSTEM WARNING: VOIDFLARE DETECTED"
"SEALING STRUCTURE—BREACHED"
"RIFT ACTIVATION—47%"
"What—?!"
The Dragon Knight system. His personal interface.
