“So you can probably just unbar the gate again,” Ilsa stated.
“Probably,” Zach agreed.
“They’d have to be pretty stupid to take any of us into the Sovereign Gate again,” Alanic said pitilessly. “I would never do so in their place.”
“All of us present refused that thing’s deal,” Kyron pointed out, a little incensed.
“Or maybe we were just too slow, and Silverlake hammered out her deal before we had a chance to do the same,” Xvim said. “I agree with Alanic. Now that Silverlake betrayed us, the pressure on the remaining people is all the greater. It’s a pointless risk.”
Zorian watched the argument in silence, not knowing what to say.
This was going to be a long evening…
After finding out what everyone had experienced in the Sovereign Gate, Zach and Zorian departed from the Noved
