The last warning

"It's about time," Madam spoke in a soft voice. 

"It is indeed," I muttered in response, lazily opening up my eyes and raising my head from Fay's lap. 

It's been a grand total of seventy-nine hours since I last used my portal. In other words, in just a single hour, I will be able to use it again, finally establishing the permanent gate I needed so much. 

But as if fate didn't want me to have it easy, this single hour left might be the hardest one to buy out of all the time I stalled so far. 

"Thanks for letting me rest a bit," I said as I turned around and offered Fay my hand, helping her get up in one, graceful motion. 

"No biggie," Fay grinned before rushing a step forward and, as usual, wrapping herself around my right arm. 

From the outside, we likely looked like a couple right in the middle of their honeymoon.