Page 64 of Curse of Thorns
Find the answers, Caelynn. You have allies inside these walls, but they may not be who you expect.
I nod. Content with the information I have received. Any more and my brain might explode. I’m uncertain if I should trust an inanimate object, but nothing I’ve learned has changed my plans. I will go in. I will find Rev. I will make sure he gets out.
I’ll deal with the rest of it as it comes.
I slice my forearm and press it on the same knob I watched Rev use.
You wish to enter the Schorchedlands?The feminine voice purrs, much more inhuman than just moments before.
“Yes.”
You willing submit your body to the same permanent imprisonment given to scarred souls of the dead?
“Yes.”
Your only escape is in death, paired with redemption.
“Death would be a mercy.”
Indeed. Her voice sounds tired.
The vines twist and shift, slithering like snakes until a person-sized opening is laid before me.
When your enemies are defeated, and the world safe, perhaps we can become allies in our permanent prisons.
I suck in a breath, mind spinning to think of the years I’ll spend in this place after Rev’s quest is complete. Of how many this creature has already spent here.
Good luck, Caelynn of the Shadow Court.
I step out from her shelter and into the poisonous void before me.
It’s where I always belonged. And now, I’ve embraced this bitter fate of mine.
Rev
The sky on the horizonlightens into a musky red. I take a swig of water and then pack up my things.
