Now I could understand why Evangeline hated to travel through portals. It was more uncomfortable than I had ever imagined. The feeling of your body being compressed together to then slowly come into an abrupt fall until your feet touched the ground again. It wasn't an experience I would like to repeat.
It took some time for my eyes to adjust to the light of the familiar clearing Cole and I were standing in. The sun was still visible from here. It was only beginning to set.
No one was there to greet us. Not that I expected someone to be here. I hadn't told my mother about us returning today. But I imagined there would be a group patrolling the borders more often.
"Are you okay?" I asked Cole when I noticed his face had paled and he looked sick.
He quickly nodded his head as he took d
