Chapter 6
THE SAME STRANGE COLDNESS that always filled me when passing through a portal, pushed into my skin and settled into my bones. My heart slowed down as I forced myself through. I didn’t stop. I couldn’t. Not when I was so close. Not when I was doing this for Courtney.
I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t see. So, I walked on. One step, two steps. My chest aching with the need for air.
I sucked in a breath, as much as I could, feeling the oxygen fill my body. I did it again and again, but the gesture was only superficial.
Then, I propelled forward—into a realm of bright light, and sound, and people.
I gasped, my stomach threatening to up-chuck the contents of my belly as it rolled around. Maybe I shouldn’t have eaten all that cake with Aunt Alison.
I released a shaky breath. The last
