The dimensional portal opened silently in the air above the enormous bed in the room, its dark surface rippling like a lake of living ink as golden filaments of Yggdrasil energy raced along the unstable edges of the opening. For a brief moment, space seemed to hold its breath, as if reality itself were trying to decide whether it should exist there. Then gravity resolved the problem.
Umbra fell.
She emerged from the portal like a stone hurled from an absurd height, her body traversing the dark surface of the dimensional passage before plummeting directly onto the enormous king-size mattress. The impact was heavy enough to cause the mattress to sink deeply and the covers to scatter in all directions.
Unfortunately, she didn't fall into empty space.
Kael and Inari were fast asleep in the center of the bed when it happened.
The result was immediate.
Umbra literally fell on top of them both.
