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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

“Now! Find my son! You sent him out, you bring him back. For Elyon’s sake, don’t just stand here!”

“Please remember who you’re talking to,” Mikil snapped.

Ramos caught himself, took a deep breath, and settled down. “Forgive me. I lost myself. But they will be okay, you think.”

“I think they’re probably struggling with four large catalina cacti right now, arguing over whose fault it is that they dropped one,” Thomas said.

A crooked grin split the man’s face. “That would be them. Not Johnis, but the others. Thank you, sir.” He dipped his head. “And forgive my indiscretion.” He took Thomas’s hand, bowed to it, then hurried off into the night. “It’s okay,” Thomas could hear Ramos say to someone. “They’re on the way back.”

He turned away and faced the dark lake.

“What do we do?” Mikil asked.

“We go after them.”

Mikil stepped up and lowered her arms. “The Horde is gathered and ready to march on the east. We can’t compromise our defenses on account of four recruits.”

“We go after them!” Thomas whispered harshly. “These are not just any four recruits.”

Surely Mikil knows there is no sense arguing with Thomas when it comes to matters of loyalty, Rachelle thought. Then again, she is fairly new in her promotion.

“I remember rescuing you once, when you were left with a spear in your side,” Thomas said to Mikil in a low voice.

That stopped her short. She dipped her head. “Forgive me. I’m indebted to you always.”

“Gather one hundred of our best fighters,” Thomas said. “We leave within the hour.”

TWELVE

TWELVE

Stop!” Darsal cried. Her voice rang out over the desert dunes. “For Elyon’s mad love, stop this!”

Johnis eased the reins back and faced her. A round, red moon that gave little light hung large over her head. Silvie pulled up just in front of her.

Darsal lowered her voice. “For the last time, I really do think we should reconsider this,” she said, glancing around at the empty dunes.

The desert air was quiet. No Horde, no Shataiki, no lizards, nothing but them and their horses. But they all knew nothing could be farther from the truth. The forests had disappeared from sight an hour ago, and Johnis’s courage had begun to fade as well.

“You can’t possibly think that this makes any sense,” Darsal said. She seemed to have changed without Billos by her side. Her eyes moved nervously, and she repeatedly scanned the dark desert, not for Horde but for Billos, if Johnis guessed correctly. It made him wonder what had created this bond they shared.

“You chose to follow me,” he said. “And if you like, you can choose to turn back now.”

“I came because the Horde were climbing up our backside and Billos was taken,” Darsal snapped. “What did you expect from me under such pressure?”