XXIII

Between the 4th and 5th dimensions (Just Beyond Time)

Fed up from all the lessons, Tina had issued an ultimatum. Find Theodora or she gave up training altogether. Veronica smirked at that. She didn't know the neophyte Mirror had it in her.

"Are we sure she'll be safe all alone in the cottage?" Alice asked, her foot playing with the sand underneath her. They were in the dream plane, on their quest to look for the witch. "Maybe one of us should've stayed."

"We never know what we might encounter. Three is a good number. Tina will be fine." LJ replied, "Someone else will be there to watch her."

"Haneul?" Alice asked.

LJ shook his head, "He's still in Andong. Minho will be there."

Alice paused at that. "He's not going to tell on us, right?"

"I asked Haneul the same thing. But he seemed to trust him." LJ shrugged.

Veronica twirled Tina's phone in her fingers and restarted the game she was playing. She had snatched it from Tina earlier to make sure she wouldn't contact anyone w