Rosalia’s POV: I keep my eyes on Hunter when he finishes explaining, not wanting to believe it. “Portals? As in gateways to another realm?” He nods slowly, keeping his eyes on mine. “Yeah, each of the Gateway Cities acts as dimensional doorways into the different realms I explained to you. Once you pass through one, you can end up in any of the realms depending on where you choose to go.” “So where you end up depends on your thoughts?” I muse out loud, watching how Hunter’s eyes focus on me intently. He nods. “So your thoughts determine which realm you end up in.” I look over to him for confirmation and he nods again. “Yeah,” His reply is met with silence from both of us that stretches when it becomes clear that neither of us is willing to break it. When the pressure becomes too much,