CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT
“One of you must die,” the voice said, “or the door will remain shut, and the walls will remain in place. You will all die together.”
Sophia threw herself at it mentally, marshalling the power that she had, trying to reach past the walls. Nothing happened.
“You have a lot of power,” the voice said. “Enough to reshape the world for the better. Do you want to die along with your siblings? Do you want to never see your daughter again?”
Sophia hated that thought, but it wouldn’t leave her head, and the voice wouldn’t leave her alone.
“You were going to come here, find your parents, and go back to your child,” it said. “You do want to see her again? And Sebastian? Imagine what it would be like to see Sebastian again, to hold him…”
It was all too easy to imagine.
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