My entire body jerks in time with Poppy's death even as I feel a surge from Duet. Solo rocks back on her heels as the girl dies. Mother's tearful face turns to me in the same moment as she reaches for me, only to flicker out and vanish.

The tear in the bubble behind her seals closed with a hiss.

"You fool." I choke on the words. "Now we all vanish." I almost welcome it.

But Solo looks around, down at herself, her smile returning. "Not so, sister mine." When she ...