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elf magic and you’re worried about whether the possible escape route from said blown up tunnel is safe?” Elora asked dryly.
    “Good point,” Cassie shrugged.
    “I’ll go first,” Tamsin said as he reached them.
    Trik held out his hand to stop the light-elf king. “You should let me.”
    Tamsin shook his head. “You are too important…”
    “It shouldn’t be either of yo u,” Cush spoke up. “You are both important.”
    “Oh , for crying out loud,” Elora groaned, “what does it matter? We’re all going to die of asbestos poisoning if we stay here any longer, geeze.” She looked back at the group and rolled her eyes just as she took a step.
    “ELORA!” Cush, Lisa, and Cassie yelled at the same time but they were too late. She stepped off into the nothingness of the hole and disappeared.
    “ELORA!” Lisa yelled as she looked down into the black void. “Where is she? Is she alright?”
    “She’s probably fine,” Flora assured her.
    “What do you mean probably?” Lisa growled as only a mama bear could. “You don’t know where she is?”
    Flora shook her head. “The portal took her wherever she wanted to go.”
    “Portal?” This time all of the elves spoke up at the same time.
    Flora jumped at the collective deep voices. She nodded.
    “There’s no reflective surface,” Trik pointed out.
    “Not all portals need a reflection, King,” Flora addressed him. “There was a time long ago when the Forest Lords gave three portals that did not require reflections,” she paused and waited. “Do you remember?”
    Trik closed his eyes and tried to focus, tried to remember a time before light and dark elves, a time before war and destruction . Yes, he remembered.
    “Master portals,” he said breathlessly.
    Flora nodded and smiled like a proud teacher.
    “I’m sure this is supposed to be important,” Cassie interrupted, “but my best friend just took off into this master portal and I’d like to know where it took her.”
    “It will have taken her to wherever her heart longed most to be,” Flora explained.
    “Is that the only place it will take you?” Cassie asked.
    Flora shook her head. “No, it will act based on intent as well. But for your friend, since she most likely wasn’t aware she needed to be giving herself a location, it took her where she longs to be.”
    Cassie looked over to Lisa. Do you know where that is?”
    “Might be with Oakley, or it might be at the store,” Lisa told her.
    Cassie nodded her agreement.
    “Either place is safe , Cassie,” Lisa assured her. “You need to go with Trik. I can take care of Elora.”
    “You wi ll be a target,” Cassie argued. “You can’t just go off by yourselves.”
    “I’ll get her and then come back to the light -elf castle, piece of cake,” Lisa assured her. Cassie didn’t look convinced.
    “I will accompany them,” Cush said, “if that is alright with the K ing.” He turned to look at Trik, waiting for his response.
    Trik nodded and then motioned towards the light elf on his left, “Rincavornon, you will go with Nedhudir and keep Lisa and Elora safe.”
    Lisa stepped up to the edge of the hole and looked down into the darkness. She decided the best place to start would be with Oakley.
    “Be careful. ” Cassie grabbed her in a quick hug.
    Lisa patted her back. “We’ll be fine.”
    “We really should be on our way now,” Flora interrupted.
    Cush stepped up beside Lisa and motioned for Rin to do the same on her other side. They both placed large hands on each of her elbows. “We step together and you think of where we need to go.”
    She nodded at him and without a glance back , Lisa stepped off into the void with the two light elves beside her.
    “Your turn,” Flora told Cassie with a small smile.
    Trik grabbed her hand to keep her from stepping closer to the edge of the hole. He gave Flora a look that had her taking a step back and then turned to the rest of the group. “We go to Tamsin's castle, the throne