“What?” I couldn’t help but exclaim. I wasn’t sure if I heard him right. In fact, even if I did hear him correctly, my brain couldn’t reconcile the fact that those words were coming from sweet, old, Mr. Farden's mouth.
“Farden, we have to hurry,” Kay said, ignoring me.
“W-wait! Are you kidding? What do you mean, take over this world?” I bellowed. I searched their faces in hopes that they were just saying something ridiculous as a prank.
“Little girl,” Rowena kneeled on one knee in front of me, a smirk on her face. “We are not joking around.”
I looked to Mr. Farden, who only sighed, confirming what I feared. “But I thought,” I shook my head in confusion, “I thought you wanted to stay here because you…you wanted a peaceful life?”
“The humans here, they are not as evolved as we are, “ h
