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“You will have to use all your wits … and take care that eainst you …” Rysdale muttered as he collected an odd-shaped piece of metal and walked briskly towards a circle in the far wall of the dark chamber The circle had been inlaid with stone

He mumbled quietly to hi swirled before their eyes

Then followed another set of s and a sharp movement of his wand across the piece of metal before he turned to Chance and said, “That should do it I sent so before you … for it will take you some moments to find him in his dimension He has hidden his castle well, and this portal will take you only inside the dimension … not precisely to his habitat”

“Right then, Rysdale—do we just walk into that? It looks so thick we’ll have to carve a path …”

Rysdale barked a laugh “No … you’ll be taken to the ‘time dimension’ you seek However, there is a drawback”

“Of course there is,” said Chance with an impatient movement of his head

“Istill’ situation in his time dimension, you will only have thirty or so minutes by our time I am not sure how much time that will translate to in his dimension”

“It is what it is,” said Trevor with a grimace

Chance grinned at him “You sounded almost human, my lad!”

Trevor grinned, shrugged, and said, “And yet, I am not”

“I have to tell you that I get a sense of Pestale at the other end of my portal It is why I sent a thunderbolt to precede you”

“Da!” snapped Chance

“It was necessary to distract him …”

“Distract hih Chance’s mind “Royce, ht then—we are off!”

“Reet her out Make sure she is with you when you feel your time is up”