Rules

The Ancients were here. Chadstone felt panic - all these emotions were new and terrifying on their own. He lunged, caught Dakshana around the waist, and pushed her toward the portal.

“Go,” he said. He glanced over his shoulder. The whispers were rising, turning into that fatalistic-melodic laughter he’d known his entire existence.

“What about --” Dakshana began, for she had seen the Ancients’ eyes.

“Go,” he said again, but he couldn’t push, couldn’t force her. Magic and its damned rules!

She must have seen something in his eyes, for she nodded once, tightly, and stepped through the portal.

It closed.