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Chapters (132)
  1. COVER PAGE
  2. CHOSEN: LOST BOOK 1
  3. BEGINNINGS
  4. ONE
  5. TWO
  6. THREE
  7. FOUR
  8. FIVE
  9. SIX
  10. SEVEN
  11. EIGHT
  12. NINE
  13. TEN
  14. ELEVEN
  15. TWELVE
  16. THIRTEEN
  17. FOURTEEN
  18. FIFTEEN
  19. SIXTEEN
  20. SEVENTEEN
  21. EIGHTEEN
  22. NINETEEN
  23. TWENTY
  24. TWENTY-ONE
  25. TWENTY-TWO
  26. TWENTY-THREE
  27. TWENTY-FOUR
  28. TWENTY-FIVE
  29. TWENTY-SIX
  30. TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. TWENTY-NINE
  33. THIRTY
  34. INFIDEL: LOST BOOK 2
  35. BEGINNINGS
  36. ONE
  37. TWO
  38. THREE
  39. FOUR
  40. FIVE
  41. SIX
  42. SEVEN
  43. EIGHT
  44. NINE
  45. TEN
  46. ELEVEN
  47. TWELVE
  48. THIRTEEN
  49. FOURTEEN
  50. FIFTEEN
  51. SIXTEEN
  52. SEVENTEEN
  53. EIGHTEEN
  54. NINETEEN
  55. TWENTY
  56. TWENTY-ONE
  57. TWENTY-TWO
  58. TWENTY-THREE
  59. TWENTY-FOUR
  60. TWENTY-FIVE
  61. TWENTY-SIX
  62. TWENTY-SEVEN
  63. RENEGADE: LOST BOOK 3
  64. BEGINNINGS
  65. ONE
  66. TWO
  67. THREE
  68. FOUR
  69. FIVE
  70. SIX
  71. SEVEN
  72. EIGHT
  73. NINE
  74. TEN
  75. ELEVEN
  76. TWELVE
  77. THIRTEEN
  78. FOURTEEN
  79. FIFTEEN
  80. SIXTEEN
  81. SEVENTEEN
  82. EIGHTEEN
  83. NINETEEN
  84. TWENTY
  85. TWENTY-ONE
  86. TWENTY-TWO
  87. TWENTY-THREE
  88. TWENTY-FOUR
  89. TWENTY-FIVE
  90. TWENTY-SIX
  91. TWENTY-SEVEN
  92. TWENTY-EIGHT
  93. TWENTY-NINE
  94. THIRTY
  95. THIRTY-ONE
  96. THIRTY-TWO
  97. THIRTY-THREE
  98. THIRTY-FOUR
  99. THIRTY-FIVE
  100. THIRTY-SIX
  101. THIRTY-SEVEN
  102. CHAOS: LOST BOOK 4
  103. BEGINNINGS
  104. ONE
  105. TWO
  106. THREE
  107. FOUR
  108. FIVE
  109. SIX
  110. SEVEN
  111. EIGHT
  112. NINE
  113. TEN
  114. ELEVEN
  115. TWELVE
  116. THIRTEEN
  117. FOURTEEN
  118. FIFTEEN
  119. SIXTEEN
  120. SEVENTEEN
  121. EIGHTEEN
  122. NINETEEN
  123. TWENTY
  124. TWENTY-ONE
  125. TWENTY-TWO
  126. TWENTY-THREE
  127. TWENTY-FOUR
  128. TWENTY-FIVE
  129. TWENTY-SIX
  130. TWENTY-SEVEN
  131. TWENTY-EIGHT
  132. TWENTY-NINE

“It’s not that simple!” He took her hand in both of his. “Was I right about the Books of History? Was I right about Teeleh? Was I right about the water? Was I right about everything I’ve said these last few days? Then trust me, I’m right about this.”

“About what, Johnis? Precisely what are you right about this time?”

He fought through a wave of frustration. “About my mother. About why we heard her.”

“And why did we?”

“Because I’m meant to go to her.”

“Unless that’s what the Dark One wants you to believe.”

Johnis released her and ran both hands through his hair. “That’s not it! You can either choose for or against me. But I have to be at the forest’s edge by nightfall. Make your decision.”

He spun and walked away, frantic that she might not follow, but resolved to continue on his own regardless.

“Johnis.” She caught up to him. “Did I follow you into hell?”

“Yes.”

“Then I’ll do it again. But I don’t like it. Michal warned us.”

“Michal doesn’t know everything. The books’ powers are beyond him—he confessed that much. He doesn’t know what will happen next. He can only warn of danger. I say, ‘Warn, little bird; there’s not a breath I will ever take again that isn’t laced with danger, thanks to this cursed quest!’ ”

That set her back long enough for both of them to catch their breath.

“Okay. I’m with you. What’s the plan?”

“The plan is to bathe in the lake again.”

“Because we aren’t going to be bathing again so soon,” she guessed.

“Fill canteens with lake water.”

She sighed. “We should tell Thomas.”

“No! Not this time.”

Silvie eyed him. “What are you planning, Johnis? What has you sweating like a cold bottle of water in the hot sun?”

“I’ll tell you on the way,” he said.

But he knew he couldn’t tell her. Not yet, not on the way, not until it was too late for her to turn back. If she knew what was in his mind at the moment, she wouldn’t follow so easily.

FIVE

FIVE

It took Johnis and Silvie two hours to don appropriate battle dress with the sergeant hash marks, refresh their supplies, retrieve the two Books of History that Johnis insisted stay with him, if only because he didn’t trust anyone else in his frayed state of mind, and race to the Western Forest edge.

He told Silvie the plan on the way. Most of it. And the plan she heard was simple enough: a scouting mission out into the desert.