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At this Sherus nodded, a dangerous glint in his eyes "Yes, you would be very foolish to mess with me Very foolish"

"Understood," I said, even as I squiret the Nasiris freed from the Drizans, or else…

I didn’t even want to think about how impossible the task could be even as a vahost But one step at a tiripped my shoulder and squeezed hard He leaned in closer to my ear and whispered, "Go now then Go fetch your five comrades, but be sure not to dally We will meet back here in ten minutes In the meantime, my companion and I will also need to return, in order to retrieve two coffins"

Yes, sir

Ben

The three of us moved swiftly toward the main door and entered it Here we parted ways The fae headed down the tunnel, while I sank into the wall for fear of being seen Ten minutes I had ten minutes But it was hard to keep track of the tih my spirit, and there was not exactly an abundance of clocks to be found in The Underworld

I pushed h I had to be cautious at the sahoul noould be catastrophic to the whole plan

My pool had never been a ht I dove in and frantically scanned the water for Kailyn and Lucas To my relief, they were still down here--huddled in the sa lad to see that Lucas’s eyes were still open, even if he did look houls come round yet?" I asked

Kailyn shook her head

That was both good news and bad news For all we knew, they could be on their way right now

"I’ve found a way to escape," I whispered "The fae, they’ve agreed to help us We all need to head toward the canal ireed to let Chantel, Nolan and Marcilla colanced briefly around at the rest of the poor ghosts in our pool, trying to keep a casual expression--although hosts had their eyes set onjust returned from yet another excursion "We’ll have to come back for the rest," I breathed

Kailyn looked quite breathless "Wait, what? Are you sure about this, Ben? What if it’s sohouls?"

"Kailyn," I said sternly "You just need to trust lare

At this, she pursed her lips and nodded "Okay," she breathed "I-I trust you,"