If you like music while you read, try "Never Ending Nightmare" by Citizen Soldier + Kellin Quinn. It's the song I listened to while writing this!
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GAR
It was the end of the second day. Soon, night would fall. The third night. In the morning when the sun peaked the mountains to the east, the portals would be closed.
Gar's anxiety and stress about Rika weren't forgotten. But as he saw the afternoon light begin to fade, he was struck with thoughts of his parents and what they were facing. They should be arriving at the portal in a few hours. The last of the night's journeys intended to be only a few hours. He wondered what they were doing. Likely sleeping just then. But if their schedule was anything like what his had been, they'd be woken soon by their guards. Eating and drinking in preparation for the travel.
