The golden vortex spat them out like chewed-up meat.
Gravity slammed back into them instantly. The blinding golden light of the World Will's purge vanished, immediately replaced by a suffocating, freezing darkness. They were falling fast through the freezing air.
Leo didn't panic. He reacted.
He twisted his heavy body in mid-air. He wrapped his massive, muscular arms securely around Katherine's waist and yanked her flush against his chest. He made sure his broad back was facing the ground, fully prepared to take the brunt of the impact so she wouldn't break her neck.
CRASH.
They slammed hard into a deep, thick bank of glowing blue snow. The impact blasted a massive crater in the ice, sending a shockwave of white powder into the air.
Leo groaned as the air was forcefully knocked out of his lungs. His heavy leather coat and his monstrous physical stats absorbed the lethal damage, but it still felt like being kicked by a giant.
