Luna grabbed his shoulders first, Larissa secured his back and Liora caught his legs. Operating with flawless synchronization, the three women completely arrested his freefall.
They lowered him gently, carefully resting his battered, unconscious body across their six intertwined arms, directly on top of the hyper-compressed stone he had just merged.
They had severed their fusion the second they arrived at the epicenter, having watched him from below as he poured his soul into sealing the final breach of the massive, castle size, awe-inspiring dome.
Luna had briefly left her convulsing father draped across the broad back of her shadow wolf to help secure Ren.
Ren was breathing steadily despite everything. The crystals had miraculously halted their advance just outside his core system. He was still functional and his mana had just small flow problems.
