Chapter Fifteen
Domina Est
It seemed to take not nearly as long to make the foothills this time. I guess my thoughts were so focused on the Furies - Devera, Farah and Lady Kimbrough - that I had been climbing a while before I realized just how far I had come.
I slowed down, wanting to make sure I didn’t miss the crossroads, but, even if I didn’t, what then? It’s not like I knew the exact way back to the Haven; I had blacked out and then awakened in a cell, overseen by Emory. Still, I kept on my upward course, but then the road twisted and turned in directions that weren’t there before. I came around one tight bend and was hit by what only could be described as a powerful wave of thought.
So, you have returned. This is what you desire?
Gripping the bars, gunning the engine, the bike ro
