"I've got you!" Lucas screamed, his fingers slamming shut around Esther's wrist as cold dark air tore at his lungs.The penthouse, the city lights, and Malakor's mocking face vanished into a blinding swirl of grey mist and roaring spatial pressure.Lucas held on with both hands, his chest burning as the portal dragged them through thin air like rocks hurled down a mountain. The pressure crushed his ribs, squeezing every drop of oxygen from his lungs until his vision turned black at the edges.They hit the hard floor together, tumbling across cracked stone flagstones before sliding to a stop against a shattered pillar."Esther!" Lucas coughed, spitting a thick mouthful of dark crimson blood onto the grey dust. "Are you breathing?!"Esther lay beside him, her face completely drained of color, her chest barely moving under her torn shirt. Her eyes flickered open weakly, but her focus was completely unfocused."Lucas..." Esther whispered, her voice raspy and thin. "It feels like... like m