Chapter 4 Tierney “Tia, how did you do it?” Gulliver whispered after the others had fallen asleep. It seemed the trip through the portal had sapped their energy as well. All four lay on the big bed in her mother’s room. Together, they were nothing but a pile of silk and wrinkled ballgowns. “I don’t know.” Tierney shook her head. “Sheer willpower, maybe. I had to get out of there, and this was the only place I could think of where Dad wouldn’t immediately come looking for me.” Because Tierney had very little control over her O’Shea portal magic. With the immense power of three realms thrumming through her veins, it was as if her body couldn’t handle a fourth. “I jumped in after you just as the portal was closing.” Gulliver turned to glance at Siobhan and Veren, fast asleep on the other

