Erde spoke close to Matt’s ear. “You want away from all of this sadness and pain, don’t you, son?”
Tears flowed free and unchecked down Matt’s cheeks. Nodding vehemently, Matt said, “Yes, more than anything.”
Andaris stepped into view. “Then go to her. She can take you far from all the pain and you two can be together forever. Isn’t that what you want?” She caressed his cheek with one cold, pallid hand.
“Yes. That’s what I want. To be with my wife forever and to be happy again. What do I have to do?” Matt didn’t bother to wipe at his twin rivers of tears.
Andari blinked her cold little eyes at him and stepped aside. “Just go to her and tell her to take you away from all this. Go on, she is waiting on you to be a husband and father.”
Matt stepped carefully around the holes in the groun
