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This was becoming very familiar. Apparently there was no way of getting to the other site without losing track of time at some stage. At least she’d expected it. Adi opened her eyes and enjoyed the dappled shade. It might not be as exotic as the faerie realm, but the human world felt more solid, more like home.
Eventually, Adi brushed herself off and stood up. She must have been out for some time, because her right leg burned with pins and needles. Grumbling, she shook it out and gingerly prodded some bruises on her butt. Just her luck to have landed on a hard stone under the moss. The sun was peeking through the full canopy of leaves above her head, but even through the cover, she could see that it was low in the sky. Time to move.
By the time she reached the Neckar River, her feet
