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“Going by the moon, it couldn’t have been more than a few days.”
“Days?!How could it have been days? We weren’t on Earth for more than… a little while.”
“Looks like the worlds are splitting apart faster than we thought.”
“I have her!” Gullie shrieked. “Melina, I can hear her.”
“How is she?” I asked.
“Angry as hell. They’ve been trying to reach us for days.”
“Has anything happened?”
“Hold on, I’m listening to her speak in my mindandtrying to answer you at the same time. It’s too much.” Gullie paused. “Okay, so, there’s good news and bad news.”
“What’s the bad news?” I asked.
“I’m going to give you the good news first. Your grandmothers think they have a lead on how to reach Dahlia and Cillian.”
My heart surged, sending ripples of excitement coursing through me. “That’s great!”
“The bad news is, they’re going to need to act out a ritual if they want toactuallyreach them, and that ritual is going to take a few days to complete.”
“Okay… how long will it take? And how long have we been out, exactly?”
“It’s going to take them about two more days to finish the ritual. We’ve been gone for three.”
Valerian’s eyes turned grave. “By my count, that gives us about five days to find Radulf and topple Malys before our clock runs out.”
“That’s really rough math,” I said.
“That’s my best guess.”
“Melina and Tallin are watching over your grandmothers,” Gullie said, “They’re okay over there—Malys can’t seem to be able to get to them, or maybe she doesn’t care.”
“We should go back to the cottage,” I said, “You should be with your wife.”
“We’ve discussed that. I’m going to stay with you.”
“Are you sure?”
Gullie nodded. “I’m your godmother. It’s my job to protect you, and I’m going to do exactly that.”
I took a deep breath, then nodded. “I guess there’s nothing else to it, then.” I patted Colbolt on the rump. “Are you alright to keep going? It’s technically still morning as far as my body is concerned.”
“Travelling at night is dangerous,” said Valerian. “We should find shelter somewhere and gather supplies before we set out for the mountains.”
“That’s going to slow us down even further.”
“I know… but I don’t want to risk running into a Souldirge in the middle of the night. That’s how we get killed, and all of this ends.”
I sighed. “Alright,” I said. “Please tell Melina to stay safe, and to let us know if anything happens.”
“I already have,” said Gullie, as she fluttered up into the air and took her place on my shoulder. “This is it,” she said. “We head for the mountains, find Radulf, and stop Malys.”
“You make it sound so easy.”
“It is easy… we just have to not die and kick some witch ass.”
