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It was a strange, innate sense of danger. One I had learned to listen to, even if it was in a dream. I took another step back, still trying to make sense of the strange feeling that had come over me.
When I saw a blur of blue fur spring past me, I gasped. “Hey!” I cried, realizing my wolf was headed straight for the portal. “No! Wait!”
She didn’t listen, of course. Did she ever? She had caused me nothing but trouble from the beginning.
I watched in dismay as she dove headfirst into the portal and disappeared.
What the actual fuck?
I lingered on the edge of the water for a few seconds in indecision. This was just a dream, and I knew that for sure now, but I usually woke up when I had those realizations. Try as I might, I couldn’t wake up now. And once I realized the portal itself was shrinking, I felt a fresh surge of panic.
What was going to happen if my wolf was trapped on the other side? It had taken so long for her to make her first appearance, and she had saved my ass now more than once.”You dumb mutt,” I said through my teeth, grudgingly approaching the waning portal.
It was just a dream, I reminded myself. There was no way I could actually travel through a real portal in my sleep. But I couldn’t exactly remember how to wake up, either, and the sense of dread at the thought of not going after her won out.
I just had to go with my gut and jump in.
As soon as I did, I felt the familiar shift of nausea and disorientation that had overcome me the first time I went through a portal. It felt so visceral that when I landed on the other side, I staggered forward and hit the ground on my hands and knees.
When I looked up and found myself surrounded by familiar woods of every lavender, blue, and pink pastel hue, and a sky filled with an impossible number of stars arranged in completely unfamiliar constellations, I froze. The air on my skin felt real enough. And so did the earth beneath my fingertips. I was wearing the nightgown I’d fallen asleep in, too.
With a growing sense of dread, I looked up and caught sight of a familiar blue light on the other end of the clearing I’d somehow landed in, even though I had gone through the surface of a pond and there was no longer any water in sight.”Hey!” I cried to my wolf up ahead. She froze and turned around, and her transparent, ethereal visage was the only thing about this place that didn’t feel frighteningly, unnervingly real.
She turned and bolted like the mischievous little bitch she was.
I gritted my teeth and got to my feet, my bare feet padding against the dewy grass. I was pretty sure it was early morning since the first tinges of dawn hadn’t even touched the sky yet, but there was a faint blue glow to it, lighting my path.
I took off running after my wolf, feeling the crispness of the air fill my lungs as I chased her through the woods. She was quick, but so was I, and soon enough, I could feel her close. Vines and branches scraped at my arms as we wound our way through the dense undergrowth, but I ignored them and kept running until she finally stopped abruptly.
It wasn’t until I was too damn close for comfort that I realized why. She was standing over the edge of a cliff, staring down at it like a fall wouldn’t mean certain death for us both. Or at least, for me.”Are you crazy?” I hissed, coming up beside her. She merely stared down at the fog below us with a look of wonder that made me feel stupid for asking.
But then, as the clouds cleared a bit enough for me to see the spires in the distance, I finally understood her fascination.
The fae palace was a sight to behold, with towers and balconies stretching up into the clouds like an enchanted castle from a fairy tale. The walls were made of pure white marble, reflecting the pale light so it seemed as if it were glowing from within. The windows were adorned with intricate stained glass designs, and I could see slender figures moving around inside them, their shadows dancing in the light.”Whoa,” I breathed. It was breathtaking, and almost impossible to comprehend how something so majestic could exist. We were silent for a few moments as we both stared at it; my heart pounding in anticipation as I realized what I was looking at.
The emperor’s palace. It had to be.
I turned to my wolf, frowning. “Why would you lead us here?”
She looked at me, blinking her glowing blue eyes slowly. She lunged again and I gasped, tensing up as she leapt right at me. Instead, she wound up passing through me and my skin glowed for a moment as I felt her settle back in.