He came back grinning. “Right on target!”
I dropped the portal and sank to the ground. The heater had melted the snow but left the grass muddy and wet. Xen and Daria got me up to the bench, Daria once again moving in with the cloth to clean up the blood, but I waved her off as nausea hit me and I doubled over, my head swimming as I vomited up the lunch I’d just eaten.
Xen’s hand was on my back, rubbing in small circles while Daria held my hair out of the way. I was shaky as I sat back, taking the cloth to both clean up the blood and wipe my mouth. Amblin offered me a mug of tea which I took gratefully.
“I told you, the distance isn’t doable,” Daria said, her tone dark. “We can’t ask this of her.”
“It’s fine, Daria,” I said. “I can do it.”
“At what cost? This could kill you.”
“I only
