“You have to tell the temple,” he said.
“I have to tell the temple,” I parroted.
“I’m going with you.”
“No.”
“I’m going to be with you. Through all of this.”
His words were serious, and his eyes were still sparkling with honesty.
“No, Elex, I have to speak to Master Dorian alone. I can’t…the temple won’t allow you in so far.”
“You can’t do this alone.”
“I have to speak to Dorian alone.”
Torn, his eyes glided over my face. “I am afraid for you, Kimber. This power is too much to face alone.”
“I do not have to face this power alone, just Dorian and the council. It’s the way it is. If you wish to help me—”
“I do.”
“—then let me do this.”
Again, his eyes were memorizing me. “Wasn’t the kiss enough to convince you I need to help you?”
I grinned. “More than.”
“Then… what?”
“You can help me after. There will be so much to do! But the magic has told me this is my responsibility alone, and I am the only one who can get that deep into the temple.”
“But you will come to me.”
“Oh, in oh so many ways.”
Worry drained from him. “May I act upon the innuendo you imply in that?”
“I’ll be disappointed if you don’t.”
“Then, let’s get you to the temple!” This time, his laugh rang through the cavern as he took my hand in his, pulling me along. “We have a discovery to report.”
CHAPTERTWO
~ GWYNNORE ~
Ras Ouanoukrim, Morocco
Atlas Mountains
Blood is life.
Without blood, we are nothing.
Without life, there is no blood.
Blood is life.
