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2021-02-18 08:28:17There wasn’t much time to think about it. The appearance of a body falling in their direction was both a relief and anxiety provoking, particularly since Cadence recognized it was Christian immediately. As he shot out of the portal, he swung out close to the edge of the cliff, and Elliott twisted around just in time to grab hold of Christian’s leather jacket and pull him back over the drop off.
He was bleeding and breathing heavily when Elliott flung him back around and sat him down on the ground. Cadence couldn’t help but bombard him with questions. “Where’s Aaron? What was that sound? Is Hines okay?”
“He’s... coming....” was all Christian managed before Jamie hit him with his blue light. Christian collapsed back onto the grass, and Cadence realized he had been hurt pretty badly. There was blood all over his clothes, as well as a black powdery substance she assumed had come from some sort of avalanche.
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