I’D ALWAYS THOUGHT that when faeries traveled by portal, they appeared somewhere in Faerie for a moment, and then created a second portal to their destination here. That was how it had been explained to me anyway. I lifted my head when the sounds of New York vanished, expecting to see a lush green forest or a glimpse of the Unseelie court. All I saw was a white fog surrounding us. This was Faerie?
Another more unsettling thought formed in my head. Humans couldn’t travel through portals, so what if this wasn’t Faerie after all. What if I had died, and I didn’t know it yet?
“Conlan?” My voice sounded hollow to my ears. It felt like I was alone in a huge cavern devoid of sound and smell and color. It was what I imagined a sensory deprivation chamber to be like.
A faint roaring sound came f
