Chase’s breath froze on his lips.
A hand reached out and grabbed him.
He opened his eyes.
The floating door was back! And there, bathed in light, stood the person he most wanted to see in the whole world. “Dad!” he sobbed. “How?”
“Let’s get you inside first shall we.” Jon Connors hauled his son back through the convergence and into the safety of the chamber below Meridian. The two of them embraced for what felt like for ever and not long enough, until Chase finally pulled away.
“How are you OK? I thought you were time-locked?”
“We were,” smiled Delyth, coming in for a hug. “But apparently we hadn’t been locked for long, so Alejandra was able to free us.”
“What, but how?” Chase clutched at his throbbing temple. The wound from Van-Quish’s sword was starting to feel like nothing, compa
