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Chapter 285

Author: Pepper Pace
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"You're a big boy now," I said. "You're old enough to understand more than you did when you were a three-year old, so we can tell you more things."

"You know that I created a small portion of the Underworld," Alexis said, "and I made this place in the way I make Pop Tarts and dinner when Mama's too tired."

King nodded.

"Where we live everyone is good," Alexis said. "But it's not like that in the Above. Some people want to fight each other."

King frowned.

"Mama and I wanted to stop it from happening, but other people didn't agree with us," Alexis said. "So, they sent us here. And now we have to wait until they call us back."

"Like a punishment?" King asked.

I nodded. "Yes, like a punishment. But we weren't bad."

"And they still punished you?" King asked.

"They sent us away so that we wouldn't stop them from what they want to do," Alexis said.

"What do they want to do, Papa?" King asked.

Alexis' eyebrows gathered. "Now that's a longer story. You wanted to know why you couldn't
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