Chapter 42
“Where—” Cinder began to ask. But she knew the answer before she finished her question.
“Everness,” both she and Dante said at the same time.
“Can you take us to Everness?” Cinder asked the troll.
The troll wrinkled his nose but nodded.
Cinder gave a small gasp. Goosebumps prickled along her arms.
“It’s real, then?” she asked.
The troll sneered but nodded.
Cinder and Dante exchanged another glance full of cautious wonder. Dante had more caution than wonder in his eyes, but it was there nevertheless.
“Is it full of sunshine and laughter, like they say?” she asked.
“Don’t know,” grumbled the troll. “I don’t go near it, but I know where it is. I can take you as far as I can, then point you in the right direction.”
That by itself told Cinder and Dante enough to decide.
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