Chapter 531: How it Might End
Tala was panicking—internally at the very least—even as she tried to keep herself calm enough to think. As her thoughts were most of the problem, it wasn’t working very well.
Lyn’s eyes had widened, having likely recognized Meallain from the few of Tala’s memories that she’d seen. Well, she’d also probably pulled up a picture of the woman—and all notable members of the House of Blood whom Tala had seen—while they were flying their way home.
Rane stood, resolve painting his features, even as he tried to figure out their next course of action. “Do we put on all possible speed? And hang the consequences to Reality?”
On the display, almost as if in response to Rane’s question—though that was actually impossible—Meallain crouched and launched herself after the flier.
Tala’s voidsight showed the ripples that the woman was making in existence by her passage. She was absolutely brimming with power, and Reality did not like how fast she was moving through it.
The magical resonance was quite literally insane.
Tala’s eyes widened. “She doesn’t care if she calls every magical creature in the region. No wonder she was able to catch up to us…”
Alat’s voice rang out, “-At our best speed—assuming we don’t rip a hole in reality and die in some unspeakable manner—she would catch us before we were halfway to Alefast.-”
Lyn grimaced. “We should have gone faster, but that option is gone now. With perfect hindsight, it would have been worth a bit of abrasion on Reality to now be behind Alefast’s walls.”