"My name...is Liliana Vess," Liliana said, legs buckling. She hit her knees, but still the power poured through her. This wasn't the power she used to have, no, not when she could create whole planes and order stars to her will, but it was as close as she'd ever get these days and she'd be lying if she said it wasn't intoxicating. Not just the feel of the power flowing through her, but throwing herself against something huge and unmoving and bending it to her will. "I am the strongest..." The pool of blood around her was getting larger. "...necromancer..." Her already pale skin grew chalky, red leeching from her lips to a pale rose, her breathing came fast. "...in the Multiverse!"

There! The barrier had been cracking under her onslaught, and a small hole, barely more than a crack, opened up within it. She crooked her hands into claws and dragged them apart, her power doing the same thing to the barrier. It wouldn't hold, she could feel it trying to close already, and she struggled to keep it open. It wasn't the power of the Chain Veil that was failing, but her own body.

You were mine...and I...protect...that which is mine.