The portal swallowed the Queen and my son in a flash of violet light. I lunged for them, my fingers brushing against the cold air where they had just been standing. The Creator lay pinned to a tree behind me, his life leaking onto the silver grass. The Reaper was closing in, its six swords raised to crush what remained of us."Rowan, wake up!" I screamed, shaking his armored shoulders. "They have Leo! They have our son!"Rowan’s eyes snapped open. The blue glow was gone, replaced by a hazy, painful gray. He groaned, his hand flying to the place where the collar had been. He looked at me, then at the burning forest. For a second, he looked lost, like a man waking up from a thousand-year sleep."Lyra?" he whispered. His voice was cracked and raw. "Where... where is the boy?"
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