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Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. - ONE -
  4. - TWO -
  5. - THREE -
  6. - FOUR -
  7. - FIVE -
  8. - SIX -
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  10. - EIGHT -
  11. - NINE -
  12. - TEN -
  13. - ELEVEN -
  14. - TWELVE -
  15. - THIRTEEN -
  16. - FOURTEEN -
  17. - FIFTEEN -
  18. - SIXTEEN -
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  20. - EIGHTEEN -
  21. - NINETEEN -
  22. - TWENTY -
  23. - TWENTY-ONE -
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  27. - TWENTY-FIVE -
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  29. - TWENTY-SEVEN -
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  31. - TWENTY-NINE -
  32. - THIRTY -
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  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

He checked to make sure his staff and bow were secure, and that the bag of food wouldn’t bounce around too much. This is it, he thought, quickly removing his amulet. Sierra, if you can hear me, I hope you’re okay. I’m going to get my father, and I’ll be back soon. Stay safe.

But no response came, and he put the amulet back on, unwilling to wait another moment. Instead, he closed his eyes and stepped into the portal.

But instead of passing through it, his foot came down on solid rock.

Rock that filled the entire portal, completely closing it off.

- TWENTY-FIVE -

NO,” FORT WHISPERED, DROPPING to the stone and running his hands over it frantically. It couldn’t be true. There had to be a way in. The monster had emerged from this very spot, the portal proved it! How could it be totally blocked now?!

“No!” he shouted this time, banging his fists on the rock. Pain shot through his hands, but he barely noticed it in his anger. “Let me in!” he shouted, hitting the rock again. “Let. Me. In!”

But there was no response, and his voice just echoed eerily through the cavern below the former Oppenheimer School. He wouldn’t accept this. It couldn’t be true. Fort leaped to his feet, barely able to think. How could this be happening? There was no way he could get this close, only to lose his father again!

Anger turned to rage, and he began lashing out, stomping on the rock with all of his strength, yelling, screaming at someone, anyone to open the passage. He cursed the monsters, Damian, the Oppenheimer School, Colonel Charles, and everyone else he could think of until he ran out of names, then just started screaming gutturally.

After what felt like hours but was probably only minutes, his throat began to itch from his shouting, and his kicks and punches lost some of their energy. He slowly fell to his knees, fighting back tears.

“This can’t be happening,” he whispered, shaking his head. “I’m so close.”

For a time, he just knelt there on the rock, not sure what else to do. His anger disappeared as the minutes passed, replaced by a roller coaster of despair and determination.

What was the point? He was never going to find his father. It had been far too long.

But if he gave up now, what would happen to his dad if he was still alive down there?

It wasn’t giving up if he couldn’t get through the rock! He didn’t have any other options.

But there had to be some way through. He could teleport throughout the entire world, but a boulder could stop him in his tracks?