Through The Portal (Ch.491)

'He is close...' Neveah's wolf thought to her.

Neveah hummed in response, she could sense him too. His anxiety left a trail far behind him.

'How did he get this far so quickly?' Neveah thought back to her wolf.

They were two hours out from the Dune City and at Neveah's speed, Neveah knew this far would already be half a day's ride by horse.

Neveah had not expected the portal shards the city guard had showed to her could have such a far effect range, it looked to be just any regular portal shard, but Neveah realized now that it was not a portal that could be cast by just anyone.

What was more, the merchant had purposely avoided going for the White Dunes knowing the wide expanse would provide him no shelter and he would easily be spotted.

Instead, he made for the small forest on the far end of the Dune City.

'One cannot eliminate the possibility that he had help...' Neveah's wolf aired their shared thought.