When he couldn't stand it anymore, Martinus went to Morad House, intending to just wait until Ektolaf found Amy.
That was better than waiting for news in his room.
Cloris, who allowed him in, quickly escorted him to the foyer.
"He's in the basement," she told him. "He needs a lot of energy for this kind of spell. But he must go through this door to the portal. You can wait for him here."
He nodded, set a tripwire alarm that would alert him whenever anybody crossed the door, and sat at the settee.
Time was going incredibly slowly as he wallowed in worry, so he wasn't sure how long it lasted, but he finally heard the alarm, which immediately awoke him from his half-asleep state. He jumped and run toward the portal.
Ektolaf noticed him but said nothing, looking at something he had writt
