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"Do you agree or not?" I said i to lose anyway so why not consent? If Antares coet to be as htful "But what if you come back first, as unlikely a possibility as that ize to Lucifer and hope like hell he doesn’t smite you off the face of the earth"

"That is not a very appealing option," Focalor said

"Just stop dithering and be a et into the Maze I wanted to get this over with "Yes or no?"

Focalor took a h all the options I could see hi odds that I would actually survive the Maze

"Very well," he said

"You have witnessed it, Queen Amarantha," I said formally "If I defeat his representative in the Maze, then Focalor will drop his grievance against Lucifer and return to the fold"

Like A because he didn’t think I actually had a chance Then again, Beezle didn’t think I had a chance either He was usually ht and I rong

Aree to all terms as well?"

"Yes," I said

"Then let us proceed," she said, and signaled to Violet "You may follow Lady Violet to the entrance, Ambassador Antares ap Azazel, you may follow Narke"

One of the forest warriors stepped forward to take Antares out a side entrance Violet indicated that I should follow her out of the main doors

I looked at Beezle and JB, but they both looked away froht, that hurt a lot The least they could do was say good-bye if they thought I was going to die

I turned my back on the throne, and followed Violet to h the courtyard and out into the forest without a word She found a path a branches that I couldn’t have seen with a microscope She didn’t try tonot to hyperventilate to act polite

After about twenty , and in front of us was the Maze