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  1. PREFACE
  2. Full Page Image
  3. ONE
  4. TWO
  5. One week ago
  6. THREE
  7. Present day
  8. FOUR
  9. FIVE
  10. SIX
  11. SEVEN
  12. EIGHT
  13. NINE
  14. TEN
  15. ELEVEN
  16. TWELVE
  17. THIRTEEN
  18. FOURTEEN
  19. FIFTEEN
  20. SIXTEEN
  21. SEVENTEEN
  22. EIGHTEEN
  23. NINETEEN
  24. TWENTY
  25. TWENTY-ONE
  26. TWENTY-TWO
  27. TWENTY-THREE
  28. TWENTY-FOUR
  29. TWENTY-FIVE
  30. TWENTY-SIX
  31. TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. TWENTY-NINE
  34. THIRTY
  35. THIRTY-ONE
  36. THIRTY-TWO
  37. THIRTY-THREE
  38. THIRTY-FOUR
  39. THIRTY-FIVE
  40. THIRTY-SIX
  41. THIRTY-SEVEN
  42. THIRTY-EIGHT
  43. THIRTY-NINE
  44. FORTY
  45. FORTY-ONE
  46. FORTY-TWO
  47. FORTY-THREE
  48. FORTY-FOUR
  49. FORTY-FIVE
  50. FORTY-SIX
  51. FORTY-SEVEN
  52. FORTY-EIGHT
  53. FORTY-NINE
  54. FIFTY
  55. FIFTY-ONE
  56. FIFTY-TWO
  57. FIFTY-THREE
  58. FIFTY-FOUR
  59. FIFTY-FIVE
  60. FIFTY-SIX
  61. FIFTY-SEVEN
  62. FIFTY-EIGHT
  63. FIFTY-NINE
  64. SIXTY
  65. SIXTY-ONE
  66. SIXTY-TWO

"Where the hell are you, Ze? Why did you need access to my mind if you can't be bothered to answer when I call?"

My legs tremble and I can barely keep myself upright. Far from the severe but distinguished priestess from before, she now looks like a raging witch ready to commit murder. Are priestesses even allowed to kill people? Or humans? I'm not sure I want to find out, though.

"Did a son of Tenebreis send you? You are not a demon from what I can tell," she says as she comes closer to sniff me. "But only someone related to the Sons of Tenebreis would have the ancient writings of Tartareia etched onto the skin."

"What?" I whisper. "Ancient writings of Tartareia? What do you mean by that?"

She leans back, studying me with her shrewd gaze.

"You really don't know?"

I slowly shake my head, my lips trembling with fear.

"This," she says as she brings her nail against the dark etchings on my skin. "It's the ancient script of Tartareia. I may not be able to read it, but I've seen it before in old scriptures." She pauses. "No one outside of Tartareia would be able to decipher it, which begs the question... Why would you have it on your skin?"

"I don't know," I whisper. "I truly don't. I was told someone in Aperion might be able to give me more information..." I attempt to explain, but she has none of it.

"If that is true, why would you have this talisman, too?" she asks as she holds the pearl between two fingers. "I can sense the vile energy coming off it. It is so strong it's making me ill." She scrunches her nose in disgust.

"It was a gift, nothing more..."

She cuts me off as she presses her fingers tighter against the pearl. A loud cracking sound permeates the air as the pearl snaps under the weight of her force.

My mouth hangs open in shock as I watch bits and pieces of the pearl fall to the ground before the priestess flings the chain of the bracelet away from her. She glances down at the debris, scowling as she further steps on the bigger pieces with the tip of her shoe, effectively turning everything into dust.

"Hm." She frowns. "Maybe I was wrong," she muses to herself as she creates a cloud with her hands, lifting the dust off the ground and analyzing it in front of her. She must find no fault with it because as she snaps her fingers, the cloud dissipates, together with what was left of the pearl.

"Odd." She frowns. "Nevertheless, it does not erase the fact that you are suspicious. To break the Elegian Sphere... I must consult with the Psyche Supreme..." She speaks to herself, deep in thought. "You are coming with me to see her," she suddenly decrees.