The portal between the Mortal and Immortal Realms was a shimmering blue oval, different from the portals that moved around the world, where you could see the other side through the opening.
The Immortal who did not give off that odd sense of Divine Energy passed through first, and Karl followed, holding Dana's hand so that they couldn't be separated by some simple trickery like redirecting the portal after the first of them entered.
That didn't appear to be necessary, as the Immortal was waiting on the other side, standing at the bottom of a set of white marble stairs, next to what could only be a Dragon God Temple, given the carvings of the various Deities on the stone pillars that held up the front face of the building.
That was a good sign, as far as Karl was concerned, as the Dragon Gods had been quite good to him in the past.
