Out of all the choices David had to make throughout his life, this was probably the easiest. He got up from the floor and replied, “I am prepared to do anything to save Vanessa. Whatever it takes...”
Barbatos was pleased with David’s reply. He had expected no less of him. At that moment, Barbatos understood that love always triumphed over all other emotions. He steadied his cracking voice and added, “It’s going to be a perilous expedition. No man has ever returned from the infernal realm. There you’ll find no roads to follow, no lamp to light your way and no river to quench your thirst. It is the land of eternal darkness and unending misery.”
“I don’t need any roads; I’ll carve my own path out of the darkness and quench my thirst with blood.” David walked up to Barbatos and looked direct
