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Like theirht before her death!

Jo hadn’t been her naht-year-old halfling in Apparitia, the murky realm of the phanto Failing Wounded stars pluht as sparks froing into the ground All around her, more black holes hissed open, a wall of them, black upon black upon black

Like spiders’ eyes

She had no idea where those sucking holes would lead--rifts had appeared in the ether as Apparitia had begun to die--but escaping through one was their only chance at survival Mother had never teleported to another plane, couldn’t evacuate them

"Mother, co their dimension A million screams had sounded with the first fires Then the plains had jutted up into ht up into the sky Fla red for blue

They’d heard ruht but his will

With a pale hand raised to the night, her ritted teeth, she said, "No, I can’t falter! Or we’ll all be crushed!" If she teleported to Kierra, the doht disappear

She couldn’t even crawl to her daughter One of her hands e newborn son Her telekinesis was more powerful thanher baby just this

Kierra’s telekinesis eak and unpracticed, but she had to fight like her mother "Let me help you!" If only she were older!

"Nooo, Kierra! Save your power!"

The black holes grew hungrier, sucking at Kierra’s legs Her instinct clah yet "Just try to reach a portal!"

Mother shook her head, her dark hair strea as possible!" The sky plu tunnel

Mother’s raised aro into the winds!" Her newborn? She wouldn’t dare! "I’ll direct hiht miss him! Pleasechance any portal!"

"Catch hio!"

With a cry, Mother released her precious baby to the winds Just before he reached Kierra, huge spikes of crystal shot fro hi to snare hi for another vortex!

"Don’t let hiers splayed An inch of space separated theed his swaddling! "Got him!" She cradled him with one arm He was so tiny, his screams so loud He didn’t even have a na toward theible "You have to escape, dear one You have to go" Lava seeped froround all around her