"Stripping off you?" Eltanin asked, puzzled. The swirl was only a few meters away now. If only he could make through the swirl and jump off into whatever was on the other side, he would attend to Tania immediately. Ileus had informed him that the portal will close soon enough. It opened only at a certain time and that too if it sensed the presence of a fae.
All at once, a blast sounded behind them. The horses whinnied and Wind reared. "Calm down, Wind!" Eltanin urged him, now wasn't the time. But what was that blast about? Since it wasn't near him, he continued to soothe his horse and goaded him to move forward.
