Chapter One Hundred &Twenty Seven

~ Zora

At this point, I was too far gone in my despair to be surprised or shocked.

"I'm sorry, what?" Nox said, leaning forward and lending his ear. "You're saying my wife, Zora, has to die."

"Yes." The Ennoias answer in unison.

"That doesn't sound like a solution to me." Nox said. "It sounds like a sentence."

"But that's the only way, my King." One of the other two Ennoias said. "She must go through something called The Cleansing. Only one out of forty nine Mind-Wraiths in history ever came back out alive."

Nox and I share a glance.

"No way she's doing that. Find more solutions."

The Ennoias shake their heads. "None, my King." Alastair says. "If you want to throw us out, we understand. We will not blame you."

Nox takes a step back, blinking repeatedly. He looked like he was in shock or even going through his own despair.

"What happens exactly if I don't go through The Cleansing?" I ask.

"Madness." One said.

"Chaos!" The other said.

"Death and Carnage." Alastair adds. "The worse y