“The Seelie tunnels allow for time travel. It’s a long story and the how isn’t really important right now. When we traveled in time, Thorne and Sage were still pretending to be on Lilith’s side so they couldn’t help us get home. They’re with us now. They’re literal angels. We will get you home⁠—”

“Saffie took the tunnels too.” Savannah was rubbing those scarred hands of hers together. “Thorne kept sending her to different times. That’s how she got Olli from the past. By his hand time can be taken. That has to mean Everest⁠—”

“Thorne.” Saber spoke up from where she stared out the front window. “The magic that gives him the ability to work with time travel comes from his mother, Eithne. Sage can do it, but he is better. Everest can get you in the tunnels, as you’ve seen, but he cannot control time.”

“Okay . . .” I stared at the lines on the scroll, but the words all started to blur together. My pulse was beating too fast for me to think straight. “All right.”

“So take her bag that holds it all.” Mei-Ling pointed to that line on the scroll. “What does that mean? Like literally or figuratively?”

“Literally.” Tegan stopped in front of me with a smirk. She reached into her leather jacket pocket and pulled out a small glittery bag. “You’re Harry Potter fans, right? So you’re familiar with Hermione’s magic bag⁠—”

“OH MY GOD,” Mei-Ling and I shouted at the same time.

“WAIT. I WANT ONE!” Savannah yelled.

Tegan sat cross-legged in front of me with all three of my dogs between us. She unzipped the glittery bag, then proceeded to shove her entire arm up to her shoulder inside. “I could probably climb in here⁠—”

“Let us not demonstrate.” Tenn just shook his head.

Tegan rolled her eyes. “This bag came in handy when we time traveled. Your modern-day clothes and things will need to be put in here. No one in the past can see anything from the future. We’re going to disguise your rune stone bracelet so we ensure it is safe. Trust thy heart for what to haul. This tells me she’s allowing you to bring whatever you want with you—-within reason.”

“I’d definitely pack snacks,” Savannah drawled.

“You’re not going right this minute, so we have time to prepare and be smart about this.” Tegan held the bag out to me. “Bentley warned me to have this empty and ready to loan. Wait ‘til he hears why.”

I nodded. “Right. How do I know when it’s time to go? It doesn’t say⁠—”

“Well, it does say one thing we need to do.” Tegan tapped on the scroll. “But before thee go a ruse to make, by heir and Aether a perfect fake. Aether is obviously me, and in this context, I’m going to assume the heir is Everest.”