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Chapter Ten

"You will need this," the priest said, thrusting a slobe into lass was delicately situated on an intricate bronze base The inside was e that billowed about as I rotated the globe

"It has the power to take you wherever you need to go," he replied

As I looked at it, Gavin’s handso his breathtaking smile into mine My heart instantly overfloith love for him and fear for his safety dropped intohappened to hiive hts

"Cadmus has appeared because that is where you would most like to be- with hi where you would o elsewhere, you simply have to hold it and picture the location in yourit over in ed

"Not really You’re siotten what ours is like"

"Yes, I have," I agreed "And it is very frustrating How can I recover all of ?"

Pain shot through round, as fiery heat exploded intoain my composure The pain was so unexpected that it took laring at Annen

"You have an interpreter now," I scowled "There is no need to ed s the words seared into my palm

They are already yours

I looked at him quizzically "They are already ain" I stared at the first priest, the one who had been talking

"What does he mean?"

He hesitated and then spoke "Harmonia, he means that your otten hoork, e are"

"So, remind us," Jade interjected "I a us both

"Kind ladies, you are able to do anything that you open your et theic and si is done in the Spiritlands Focus on retrieving thoughts about your true home, the Spiritlands, and see what happens Close your eyes Picture your ainst reality Now relax thatas he murmured and I lostht Theit, letting it fall slack and getting farther fro of familiar peace washed over me and in that moment, that one tranquil second, I was Harth I was home in a way that I had not been for centuries

I openedThe priest to his side smiled

"You are whole now, Harmonia I can see it"

I nodded "Yes I feel exquisite" I turned to Jade "And you, Aphrodite?"

"Yes," she ain Thank you, priest"

I scanned the edge of the forest with , everyI lifted an to bend andmy hair around my shoulders I lowered my hand and the wind beca

"Stop playing, Har a little I couldn’t help but smile back

It was so wonderful to be back to ed her horse forward and she spoke

"Harmonia, we need to move We do not want to be on the outer riht"

I nodded No, we certainly did not The Spiritlands contained every sort of inable and so ht She reached her hand down

"Ride with me, sister"

I hesitated for only a brief moment as I stood next to her s flared out, enor her to pull s, I settled in behind Ortrera, my arms wrapped around her muscular waist With her everyHer physique was incredible

Another Amazon warrior pulled Jade up with her and before I even knew it, the horses were arranging themselves in a V-like formation, with Ortrera at the lead

"Harmonia," the priest called

I twisted around to look at him

"Yes?"

"Don’t underestimate Eris," he instructed solemnly "She has been your adversary for many, e of Pothinus the eunuch’s flaccid face flashed intoany for me mercilessly As Pothinus, she had almost killed Hasani in Alexandria Andforward to dereed "And thank you for the compass"