We fall and fall. We fall so long it feels like we’ll never reach the portal in the water below us. God I hope Lahyr was right about this magic stuff. He has to be right. Right?

Finally, we hit the water, or the portal? I’m not sure if it’s one or the other or both at the same time, but whatever it is, we hit it. As soon as I hit it my body feels warm, then cold, and I feel electricity zing my s...

Teris jostled suddenly, turning from the ancient trees that their ancestors had traveled among to see something unexpected. It was grey and rough, almost like stone, but more straight and organized than any stone Teris had ever seen. Closest thing would have been a cobblestone road, but that was only once. They only had those in the cities, which Teris had mostly only seen from a distance. Expect ...

The sun was setting as I walked with Jeremy down the street to my apartment. The street was packed with cars, as it always was, and you could hear honks and music through peoples windows. It was warm out, with a nice cool breeze. The sunset was beautiful, and I took a second be grateful of living in Southern California.

“So, when are you going?” Jeremy asked, stealing my attention from our surro...

Leif lagged, clearly flagging. He knew he would have to pick up the pace, they were no where near where they decided was their next checkpoint. The sun was about to set, which would help, but for this moment it held onto its time left in the sky, to Leif’s chagrin. He looked over at Mason, and frowned when he saw that he was unfazed by their traveling.

Leif pushed on, and eventually they saw the...

“Broken.. breath..” he said through coughs, his speech slurred.

My blood ran cold. The gash in his shoulder had a green tint I didn’t notice before.

Stupid, so stupid.

His breathing rasped as whatever poison that was on the mercenaries weapons invaded his lungs. My vision became blurry as I reached for my pack in a hurry.

Please please let this work.

As I got the med-shot out Tykel reach...

I feel the blade pierce my stomach a second later than it did. Only when my world starts turning do I truly feel the burn though. And when my world finally settles all I can see was him standing there with a small smile. A sick feeling brews so strongly in my stomach I must be green. It was him, he stabbed me.

“How could you?” I sputtered, too tired to shout.

“It was easy really, you practical...