Harror was already seated.

  “What is she doing here?” Harror glared at Ether.

  “She’s going in too.” I held up my hand. “Not negotiable.” I nodded at Whisper. “She’s already been in there once and she’s fought those things which is more experience than I’m guessing your Roots have.” I nodded at Kara. “And considering that her bodyguard is the only Scarlet that Klix left, I think I can say that Klix expected me to take her.

  Harror sighed. “Fine, the little one can come.” She looked at Justia. “He told you what to do?”

  “Atlas told me that you needed me to open the Bequeathal Chamber and that you would walk me through how to undo the curse.” Justia folded her arms.

  “Good. Now do you remember how you closed it?” Harror nodded at me. “You’ll need to do it the same way to open it.” She looked around the room. “We aren’t going to do an overlay, so you need to be touching Mive or another person who is touching Mive when she starts.”

  I grabbed Ether’s right hand in my left, then offered Kara my right arm. Whisper brought Mive over and gently laid the God down on the table in front of Justia.

  Harror scooted her chair in, then placed one hand on each of Mive’s shoulders. “You’ll need to anoint your hand with the boy’s blood, then place your hand over the Fox’s heart. You’ll feel the Mantle and be able to open it from there.”

  Each of the Roots placed a hand on one of Harror’s shoulders. Whisper touched Mive’s right arm and Kara had Ether’s other hand in hers.

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  I looked at Justia. “We’re ready whenever you are.”

  The green woman looked around. “I don’t have a knife.”

  “Kara.” I turned and held out my arm. “Would you…”

  The Scarlet made way too deep of a cut part way up my arm before I could finish my request.

  “Kara!” Ether tried to let go of my hand as she turned to her sister.

  “Ow!.. It’s okay. She did what we needed her to do.” I winced and tried to give her a smile. “Thanks.”

  The Scarlet only inclined her head as she wiped the blade on her arm, then replaced it at her side.

  Justia grabbed my injured arm with both hands and a soft green light began to wash over it.

  “Make sure you’ve got enough before you heal it.” I nodded at my arm. “I’d rather not have to do this twice.”

  The light vanished as my priestess turned to the Kitsune and placed her right hand over His heart. There was a soft light under her hand as she closed her eyes and then the glow slowly began to cover Mive’s body, then spread to the three who were touching Him. The glow covered the others who were touching them.

  The last time that we had been inside Mive’s Bequeathal Chamber, the demons had covered the entire room almost instantly in the glow before they’d pulled us inside, but now it looked like Justia was only going to pull those of us who were touching him inside. I was thankful for that because I wasn’t sure how the others would be affected if they were brought in and we had to protect them while we fought against whatever was waiting for us when we got inside. Though there had been fewer of us the last time we’d been there. I just wasn’t sure what would happen if someone came into the building while we were inside. I wasn’t sure what the rules were for an overlay and didn’t want to worry about what might be happening to the others while they were unable to defend themselves, though now that I was thinking about it, I was starting to worry about that since they would be left outside.

  I didn’t have a chance to voice those concerns before I felt what was becoming a familiar pull and everything went dark.

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