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In less than a heartbeat, the hotel room disappears as the portal swallows us whole, but not for long.

We land hard on the coal tar. Ginger hesitates to stand as I try to help her.

The sound of a blaring horn hits me, and my senses activate. I hear tires screeching against asphalt as bright light floods our faces. Then I realize we are standing in the middle of the damn road.

"Shit!" I hiss, yanking Ginger to my side just in time as a car flashes past, its bumper brushing my side. More ...