Gia was waiting for me when I materialized in the in-between space. Her expression was harder than I'd ever seen it.
"Where have you been?" she demanded. "You haven't come here in over a week. I've been trying to reach you."
"Working on something."
"Working on what? What could be more important than your training?"
I looked at her, at the frustration and concern radiating from her form. "I found it. The Harvester's base of operations."
That stopped her. "What?"
"Beneath the city. Old abandoned tunnels. There's a dimensional tear down there, a permanent crossing point the Harvester's been using to move between the Mortal World and the Echoing Wastes."
Gia's expression shifted from anger to alarm. "You went into its lair? Alone? Without preparation?"
"I didn't go in. Just found the e
