Round 175

The chamber walls vibrated with increased energy, the air thickening with an almost palpable tension. Jeane’s crimson eyes flared wide as the portal behind Halie groaned and began contracting, pulling the other woman inexorably back into its depths. Not again! She snarled, her wings half-spreading in a futile instinctive gesture despite being pressed so close to Abby. Hold on to me—this is going to hurt. Her hands moved to grip Halie’s shoulders through the blue energy, fingers digging in as she tried to anchor the other woman against the portal’s pull.

Abby gasped sharply as Jeane shifted, the sudden movement pressing her even more tightly against the sorceress’s powerful frame. "Halie!" She cried out, her wide brown eyes fixed on the scene before them. The chamber’s walls seemed to vibrate with increased energy, and the air thickened with an almost palpable tension. Without thinking, she grabbed onto Jeane with both hands, clutching at the woman’s waist as if that could somehow help. She could feel the tension coiling in every muscle of the sorceress’s body, the way her wings trembled with barely controlled panic. The blue light surrounding Halie surged once more...