The Gamma's Shattered Soul
Elias's hand tightened in mine.
Brianna hit a sequence of syllables that felt like a key turning, and the seal blazed. White light, upward through the chalk lines, through the sigils, filling the circles like water filling a vessel. I felt the pull of the Neverplain, not downward but sideways, a reorientation of everything, gravity deciding it had other priorities. The angel blade sang in my hand, one clear note that resonated against my grace and the seal's light and Maia's presence inside me, coiled and ready and then… Everything went white.