"IT'S NOT WORKING!" Lucian roared.
Victoria knew he was right. The bonds alone were not enough. Her magic was not enough. They were watching Lilith die and there was nothing any of them could do to stop it.
"ELENA!" Victoria screamed again. "WHERE ARE YOU?!"
The air in the room suddenly changed.
Not temperature. Not pressure. Something else. Something that made every hair on Victoria's body stand on end and her magic recoil instinctively.
Power.
Massive, ancient, overwhelming power that made Victoria's own abilities feel small and insignificant by comparison.
The space in the center of the room began to shimmer.
Not tear. Not rip. Shimmer like reality itself was being carefully peeled back to reveal what lay underneath.
A portal was forming.
Not the communication portal Victoria had used to contact Elena. This was something else. A full transportation portal. The kind that could move a person from one location to another without revealing either endpoint.
