The magic swirled through her. She was incandescent. He was drawn to her like a moth to a bug zapper.
No time for banter; he had maybe five seconds before she teleported out or did something unpleasant to him.
"I've got the Obermeier talisman." He watched her as she processed the implications. A chaos mage and a powerful witch could harness the talisman to travel to other realities. In other realities, they might find the people they'd lost here.
"C'mon, this world's no fun."
She smiled wryly. "You noticed that too?" She took his hands in hers. The talisman glowed.
