Vincent straightened up, eyes burning red, his entire body drawn tight like a bowstring.
“Elara, if you're set on leaving—then I'll go with you! I'll follow you to your world!”
I let out a startled laugh, shaking my head in panic. If he really came with me, he'd probably be captured and dissected like some kind of monster.
Zane shook his head too. “Vincent, you can't cross over. You think my dad and mom didn't try? After my dad helped my mom escape back to the place where she first appeared, he went to that river and tested it again and again. Every time, nothing happened.”
Eventually, they almost gave up, thinking there was no passage between the two worlds hidden in that river. Until one day, they saw it with their own eyes—several hyenas vanished into the water.
“Hy-hyenas?” I stam
