CHAPTER THIRTY
It never came.
That is, it nearly came as my heart practically burst out of my chest with every hard thump. I was pulled up to the very edge of disaster but something snatched me out of certain death. A faint spicy scent tickled my nostrils and a gentle whiff of air brushed against my cheeks. I opened my eyes in time to watch swirling mists of dark red magic fall away behind me. I twisted my head around and beheld a portal large enough to fit me. The view inside the hole showed the hill I’d just left, but I couldn’t study anything else before the magic collapsed in on itself and disappeared.
My magic also made a quick exit. I felt the pressure release and the thin strands floated outward, evaporating as they separated from me. I glared at the wisps as they vanished
