Chapter 22 pt 5

The flames from the split grew taller, and the dark shadow laughed. Caius, Talon and Pramlee had made it to Relic and had grabbed him and were running with him in his slumbered state toward the portal that was closing. From the other side, Luna was out of her meditative state in a fight to keep the portal open.

Kieren and Meridian were suspended in the air as if they were moving in slow motion. The flames continued to rise making the pair look almost invisible and hidden in the brightly burning flames. The roaring heat blew Meridian’s hair in her face as she drew closer to the book.