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“We will, Beautiful,”Hades’ voice comes through, and I smile as I close down the lines.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Farren

“Alright, I’m ready, and I’ve told Hades and Khaos about what’s happening. They said they may not be able to make it to read it with us,” I say as I step back into the front room.

“Great, let’s get going then,” Storm says.

Kill walks closer and takes my hand in his, “Are you going to be okay going back there?”

I shrug, “Yeah, I should be. I know that it should probably affect me more than it does, but it doesn’t. I’m okay going back there.”

“If that changes at any point, you tell us immediately, and we’ll leave,” Rival says. “Fuck the book.”

My eyebrows hit my hairline, “Fuck the book?”

“Never thought I’d hear you say that, mate,” Loki grins.

Rival shrugs, “Farren comes first.”

I can’t help it, I know we’re in a rush, but that was the sweetest fucking thing ever. Especially since I know how much he loves books. Walking up to him, he looks at me, slightly confused, like he doesn’t quite know what I’m going to do.

I put my hand on his chest as I step closer, and his confusion vanishes as he wraps an arm around my waist and pulls me tighter against him, and I stand up on my tiptoes so I can kiss him.

“What was that for?” He asks.

“For being sweet,” I reply. Stepping back, I say, “Alright, let’s do this. I’ve got to warn you guys, my father’s library is huge, and there’s no guarantee that it’s actually in there. This could take longer than we thought.”

“That’s okay. We’ve got time, and if we don’t find it tonight, then we can come back tomorrow after classes and look for it,” Reaper replies.

Zev shakes his head, “No, we can’t. We have to find it tonight or it’s going to disappear, and we won’t be able to find it again.”

“Wait, seriously?” Kill asks.

“Yeah, we need to go. Now. Time is running out,” Zev replies urgently.

“Well, shit,” I curse. “Everyone, grab hold of me, and don’t let go. I don’t want to risk losing anyone in the Void, or running into another one of those creatures, they are not easy to kill.”

“Whoa, wait a minute,” Loki says. “Are you injured? I can’t believe that I didn’t ask that before.”

“I’m fine, I wasn't, but I’m all healed now. I promise,” I reply honestly.

“Good,” Loki replies.

I don’t waste any more time since we’ve already wasted a lot, and it’s pretty much all been because of me, so once I’m sure that all of them are touching me, and aren’t going to be left behind, I open a door and we all step into the Void.

“Huh,” Kill says.

“What?” I ask as we move forward, and I call on a door to take me to the library in my father's castle.

“It looks different in here,” he replies. “Lighter somehow, even though everything is still shrouded in darkness.”

“Yeah, it’s been changing,” I reply. “Are you guys ready?”

They all nod, and we step through the other door and into the dusty library.

“This place is absolutely huge,” Rival says.