LILY POV
Before I could stop, the scream tore through my throat.
Something worse was on fire in my hands than real fire. I could feel pure energy flowing through me, linking two worlds that were falling apart and wanting to tear me apart. I was the only thing that kept them together, and it hurt so much.
"Lily, let go!" Marcus yelled behind me from somewhere. "You're going to die!"
But I couldn't let go. I could see Earth through the hole in space that was in front of me. My Earth. The place where my sister Emma was sleeping in her bed, possibly daydreaming about her birthday party that was coming up. She was only seven. She didn't deserve to die because reality was coming apart.
"I can't!" I screamed back. "If I let go, both worlds will collapse!"
The pain was terrible. It felt like my soul was being stretched between two giant magnets. But I held on. I had to.
"There has to be another way," Marcus said, moving closer. "You don't have to sacrifice yourself."
