It happened during a godstrike ambush.
Two Judicators from the Temple of Balance attacked.
Naia held them off with fire. Korrin froze time for two seconds. Elyse took a blade to the shoulder.
And Thessaly took the third attack full-force.
The divine spear pierced her chest.
She fell.
Liss snapped.
She screamed.
Not in pain.
Not in fear.
In denial.
"You don't get to take her," she told the gods.
"You don't get to touch her."
She touched the ground—
and the entire battlefield fell into nothingness.
No gods.
No air.
No light.
Just her.
And Thessaly in her arms.