Chapter 5
Whether Leandro wanted to admit it or not, we had a problem. Several, probably, but some more dire than others. Someone had barred him and Lemuel from sharing any details with me, which raised the question, did that boundary exist with anyone other than myself? I would think yes. That was the smart, most thorough means of keeping it a secret. But without testing that theory, it would only be a guess. It also raised the ancillary question of why.
Not for the first time, I wished we weren’t in such a remote location. I wanted to summon Lemuel, but he’d be limited to the same means I was. Though my spell would force him to come, he’d have to utilize mortal ways to get to me. That required time I wasn’t sure we had. The only ones who could get to me without the constraints of the t
