CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
We stepped outside and Adras shut and locked the door behind us. I turned to face the house where I set my palm against the door and pursed my lips. “This isn’t right.”
Ros set a hand on my shoulder. I looked up at him and could see the regret in the depths of his own eyes. “I know, but that means we’ll just have to try that much harder to figure out what’s going on.”
My shoulders slumped, but I nodded. “Yeah…”
I leaned my forehead against the door and closed my eyes. A quiet prayer passed over my lips. “If there is a goddess named Sofia, please protect them.”
I cast one last rueful look at the door before I turned to Ros. Together we strode down the path as the last rays of light peeked out from behind the horizon. We were met at the road by Vothos as he c
