LEAH
It's like plunging into fire as I feel the hand wrap around my wrist. It's not just heat on my skin, it feels like there's fire in my veins, and in the marrow of my bones. I scream, the sound breaking apart in my throat as the shadow hand drags me forward, my body scraping against the dirt.
“Leah!” Lucian’s roar tears through the chaos, raw and panicked. His grip catches my other hand, iron strong, but it doesn’t stop the pull. It feels like my soul is being ripped in two directions, one toward him, and the other toward the darkness.
My body stretches, as both sides pull me, suspended between worlds. The portal swallows my legs first. Cold swarms over me immediately, crawling under my skin, and worming through every nerve. The world behind me blurs, I can hear Lucian’s ragge
