Chapter Nineteen
"Winston, you bastard," I mumbled.
The women all stared at me with grave concern.
"There are a dozen more threads in this Tapestry than there were when we entered the Ring."
Recca nodded. "Winston called in reinforcements. Surely you accounted for that possibility."
I scowled. "I figured they would be spread thin all over the Ring hunting us down. They're not. They're all clustered around the approaches to the exit portal. Getting out may be even harder than getting in."
"Easy," Recca said. "We use your back door to escape. It's unguarded, right?"
"Can't."
"That's what back doors are for. Why the hell can't we use it?"
"Because Winston and the others don't know it exists, and for our plan to work, it needs to stay secret. If we go through it, they'll know, and the
