Re: Pyrrhic Victory
She'd meant to keep the rift open so she could jump through and help if necessary, but once Sam, Dean and Lucifer disappeared into the Fade, there was a shot of pain right from her palm to her shoulder. The anchor pulsed in a burst of green energy, connecting her hand and the rift with a beam of light until the rift snapped shut. The effort threw her back, forcing Adaar to stumble and nearly fall to the ground.
The bright light should have alerted the people they had on guard that everything was fine and fixed, but instead, the only thing they would find when they came closer was Adaar kneeling in the dirt.