Kalai Something in Haalash’s eyes changed. Literally. Green fire appeared in her peepers, and she began to twist from within the portal, as though she wanted to get out of it. Fully. “Isha!” she murmured in a screeching sound. Her body twisted as though she was in agony. “Haalash!” I cried while Rezzik pulled me away from the writhing binvassi. Half of her body was now out of the portal. The portal throbbed and seemed to get smaller and smaller. I looked at it with great alarm. One thing about portals was that it was like a blade once it was closing down. What if Haalash was going to be cut in half? It would be the definite end of her! I couldn’t let her die, now that I found her. “Haalash!” “I