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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

“A magical weapon that destroys objects from afar. You said you came with a book?”

“Yes,” Darsal said.

“Then I know where it is. It’s in Paradise, the village Marsuvees Black sent me to.”

Darsal’s mind was having difficulty keeping up with all of his disjointed comments. They seemed to be alive, which was a good thing. But they also seemed to be trapped in some kind of white prison.

“How do we get back?”

“To Paradise?” Billos asked.

“To Middle. To Thomas and Silvie and Johnis!”

He blinked. “With the books, I suppose. Not that we should go back, mind you. This is bigger than Johnis.”

“We’re trapped in this box with a contraption that you don’t know how to work. Doesn’t look so big to me.”

He stared at her. “You’re going to have to learn to trust me now. Once and for all.”

“Is that so? The one who broke all the rules and ran off with the books? Which, I might add, are now lost. Why should I trust you?”

“Because I have the suhupow. I’m the chosen one.”

She frowned, upset at finding him with this attitude after he’d put her through so much.

“You abandoned her,” Karas said. “A little sensitivity would be helpful about now.”

Billos could have refuted the girl. Instead he glanced at her, softened, and approached Darsal. “I’m sorry. I had to know. But it’s worked out. I would have come back for you.”

His words, however sketchy, filled her with warmth. She knew his heart.

“Would you? You don’t have the books. We’re trapped. You don’t even know how to make this contraption work.”

Billos smiled and touched her cheek tenderly. “Oh? Maybe that’s where you’re wrong.”

She couldn’t help but lean into him. Billos wrapped his arms around her. It was all she could do to keep her tears back. “I was so afraid,” she whispered into his musky neck.

“I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to leave you.”

“Never again, Billos.”

“I swear. Never again.”

They stood in the embrace for a few seconds while she regained her composure.

“Nice, but I’m feeling no less trapped,” Papa said.

Darsal pulled back. “Okay, tell me everything.”

TWENTY-ONE

TWENTY-ONE

Billos finished his tale and left them all staring at him incredulously. Papa was the first to speak.

“This is the most preposterous thing a man can stand to hear,” he mumbled. Then louder, glaring at Billos, “You’re saying that you found these books in the Black Forest under our noses? That we are blind to both the Black Forest and the books, not to mention Shataiki and Roush?”

“It’s true,” Karas said. “My eyes were opened as well. I saw Shataiki, I saw the Roush, and I saw the Black Forest.”