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"You are honorable to me, Prince Haden" Dax puts his hand on my shoulder and stares into my eyes with a fierce detere "I will follow you wherever you lead"

I a of tears at the backs of my eyes

"So what do we do now?" Garrick asks "You kind of screwed us all over"

"I think … I think the only thing is to go after the Kronolithe myself If I can find it before the Underlords break out, then maybe I can stop all this before it even starts Make so up her heart and soul"

"Where do we start looking?" Dax asks

"There is no we in all of this This is my responsibility You all will stay here, where it is safe, while I search for the Kronolithe"

"Like hell there isn’t a we in this!" Daphne interjects before I can say anything else She stands and moves until she’s just a few feet from me She has the same determination in her eyes as Dax "There’s at least a you andthe Underrealht"

"Honestly, I don’t really give a crap about the Underreal destroyed by the spillover I’d kind of like a world to actually tour when I grow up Not tomy friends and family safe"

"I can’t let you be a part of this, Daphne It e of lightning on the horizon "Itfor us My choices put us on this path, not yours You should stay here, where you’ll be safe"

"You seriously think you can stop ?" Her hands are on her hips and her hair blows about her face in the evening breeze She looks as powerful and unrelenting as the lightning storo, I was determined to stay here and hide fro apocalypse on our hands because ofto sit back and let you try to stop it on your own? You heard the Oracle as well as I did Our destinies are irrevocably intertwined Even if you find it, you can’t get the Kronolithe without ht you didn’t believe in all this destiny crap"

"I thought you didn’t believe in having a choice in any of this" She stares back at ht She has just witnessed the brutal deaths of Simon and Sarah, had been nearly killed herself by a three-headed beast, had lightning hurled at her for close to one hundred sixty miles, and has been told she’s public ene to run into battle with ht have an idea of where it is anyway," she says

"You do?" Dax asks