The world slammed back into me like a violent gasp.
My body arched upward as I was thrown out of the collapsing void. Silver fire burst under my skin and ripped through my nerves. The chamber spun around me in wild circles. Gravity lurched sideways, then downward, then seemed to vanish altogether.
I fell.
The roots that had held me snapped away in a spray of sparks. The platform beneath us rocked. A surge of violent silver light erupted upward, blasting cracks through the chamber walls. My ears rang. My heart thrashed. The last fragments of the psychic plane still clung to my mind.
Then strong arms wrapped around me.
Jack caught me mid fall.
The moment his body collided with mine the world steadied. His chest pressed against my cheek. His scent wrapped around me like a lifeline. His
