CHAPTER 55Pressing her hands onto her knees and swaying as she tried to stand up, Mara felt old and spent, but she had stopped fading away for the moment. With her own existence continuing for the moment, she checked on her brother, and what she saw made her straighten, forgetting her weariness. Everything below his ribs had melted away. Behind him, the fire continued to rage, having reached the roofline of the house.
Mara turned to Abby and said, “I don’t want to hurt you, but I’m not going to stand by and watch you take my brother.”
“I would not recommend doing anything too destructive while you are inside the sphere. The repercussions could be quite substantial, if you are not careful,” Abby said. She smiled and pointed to one of the nodes above them, near the top of the sphere. “Do y
