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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

“Luck had nothing to do with it. Johnis was chosen because he was willing to do what others were unwilling to do. It’s in his heart! That is the only way to find the books.”

It was the first time Silvie had actually thought of it in those terms, but saying it, she thought she might actually have struck on the heart of the matter.

“Think about it.” She jabbed her head with a finger. “It’s about the heart, not logic. The Great Romance, the fall from Elyon, Teeleh’s jealousy, the Horde, the lost books . . . all of these have to do with the heart. The only way to find the seven books is to follow your heart.” She let out a long breath. “Johnis followed his. Now I will follow mine.”

“But giving the books—”

“The right thing to do is to save Johnis, at all costs.”

“Even if it costs the mission?”

“It’s my mission to lose, not yours. Were you chosen?”

Karas looked at the helicopter, her jaw set. Silvie knew that she was wounding her friend, the only friend she had in this world at the moment. But she wasn’t about to let the one man who’d repeatedly risked his life to save theirs be killed now. And yes, there was some self-serving messiness to this business. She loved Johnis. More than she loved the books, more than she loved herself.

“No,” Karas said. “You were chosen. So I’ll follow you. Like I followed Darsal.”

“And did Darsal find the fourth book?”

“Yes.”

“So then, have faith.”

“Darsal also struck the deal with Alucard that put us in this mess.”

Touché.

“As you say, I’m chosen. And I say we do whatever it takes to get Johnis back.”

“Okay. We use the books to get Johnis back if we can. Any suggestions, chosen one?”

Silvie ignored the dig. “We get word to Miranda before she does anything foolish.”

“And how do we do that?”

“The same way we got word to you. You need to get us on the Net.”

“That could take some time, assuming anyone is even interested. You can’t just walk up to a camera and spout off your personal messages for them to broadcast.”

“Then we do something more inventive. Take someone important captive.”

“Don’t be ridiculous.” She frowned. “You really want to do this, huh?”

“Every minute we talk takes him another minute farther from us. We have the only thing they need now. We use the books!”

Karas turned and walked toward the helicopter. “Here goes nothing.”

TWENTY-TWO

TWENTY-TWO

He had to move, and he had to do it quickly. And judging by the switch they’d made from the helicopter to the small jet, moving on the ground was going to be more of a problem than he’d imagined.