Cody prepared everything after I gave him the letter. He asked me to stand in the middle of some runes, and then cut my palm to trigger the portal. The moment I did as he instructed, a blinding light enveloped me.
This was not the same magic that Seth's or Jacob's portals used. When they teleported, I felt as if I were pulled somewhere else. When they used portals, the world would swirl, and I would be somewhere else.
In this case, I was surrounded by light, so blinding that I had to close my eyes.
The moment I opened them, I found myself surrounded by a pillar of fire. My first instinct was to get away from it. Even if I were a phoenix, I always saw how everyone else reacted. It was pure instinct.
This fire, though, didn't hurt me. It was the same as the fire I could create with th
