Before Atticus could react, his body was pulled forward, dragged toward the tree by an insane, invisible force.
'Ozeroth!' Atticus thundered in his thoughts, and Ozeroth's panicked voice came the next instant.
'Bond! You're being pulled to the tree forcibly! I'm still trying to find out if it's the same as last time!'
Atticus's expression darkened completely. The last time this happened, he had been trapped inside a world while his loved ones battled for their lives, with him watching every second. It was a thought that made his heart chill and his mind panic.
He never wanted to feel that way again. He never wanted to feel that powerless. The Aegis Shield was seconds, at best, from crumbling. When it did, the human domain would be left bare. Open.
If he were to be trapped once more… Atticus shuddered at the thought.
No matter what, he couldn't let that happen.
His mind raced faster than it ever had as he tried to understand what was going on.
