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Maddie's eyes snapped open, the world rushed back in a torrent of pain and light. She gasped, her body arched off the infirmary bed as if an invisible force had yanked her from the depths of oblivion.

A scream tore from her throat,raw, primal,echoing through the sterile room. The healers scattered immediately, one dropped a tray of herbs that clattered across the floor. Maddie's hands clutched at the sheets, her nails dug in as memories flooded her: the portal's searing ...