Chapter 288

I did not want to return to that dark path again. It was dangerous. The Wraiths may have figured out a way to move us from the path. They were numerous, greedy, and cunning. "There is no path to follow leading to the Chosen, is there Oni?" My palms became wet.

"No," Oni said. "We won't need a path. We would enter directly to the Chosen's limbo."

Alexis had paced nonstop throughout the discussion.

I slipped into his arms, hoping to stop his distress. "The Chosen can't kill us here. It's like what you told me when we first started allowing King to travel to other realms with Oni. This is the one chance that we have to do anything like this, Alexis. The secret is important."

He looked into my eyes and then nodded.

~*~

We all knew the importance and far-reaching implications of what we wanted to attempt. If it worked, it showed the power that King possessed. If it failed, then we still had a plan with holes in it.

King was excited to explore a new world and to do it with us all.