DARIUS
I felt Nomi English's sudden, dead weight settle against me, the complete surrender of bone and muscle. Her breath was too shallow, her pulse too thin, too frantic beneath the column of her neck. Mortal fragility. The transit was always a severe shock to the weaker vessel. I shifted her deliberately, checking her vitals. I didn’t care for her as a bride or a wife; she was a highly specialized asset. Damage was unacceptable.
The cost was too high for a faulty execution.
My focus closed in on the chaos outside. The enchanted vehicles interior shuddered one last time with a final, violent thrum that silenced the unnatural engine hum. The dimensional barrier shattered. The world outside the window snapped into the silent, chilling reality of the Supernatural Sphere.
I felt the immen
