The realm faded away, returning me to the chamber in the ruins. The Herald was midway swinging his sword at a white wall that had already vanished. His yellow eyes swung at me with unbidden rage.
"Are you done sneaking out?" The Herald asked. His sword disappeared as he slowly approached me.
I tried to stand my ground and looked at him in the eyes. "If you count being kidnapped as a way of sneaking, then yeah, I'm done."
"Where is she?"
"Gone. Her body had turned into ashes."
The Evil Twin and I planned on how we could best fool The Herald, and we agreed that the first step in doing so was to make him believe that she was no longer a threat. She specifically told me to describe her disappearance as this. It probably was the right thing to say since The Herald readily accepted it.
"Fi
