Chapter 47: Helemoira

"How are we going to find it?" Lensa asked enthusiastically. I wish I could share in her joy, but everything about this felt wrong. I wanted Geien to trust me, and I hated sneaking around behind his back.

"Well," I said, wiping my hands on my training leathers. "Geien gave us his power, right? So maybe if we both... I don't know, close our eyes, hold hands and think really hard about it?"

She stared at me like a dead-eyed fish. "That's so," she blinked. "Simple."

I shrugged. "I think simple is good though." I reached out for her hand, which she took skeptically. "Okay, now, focus on the stairs and imagine them in front of us."

She did as I bid her and I closed my eyes as well. I pulled up the image of the staircase which led to The Underworld in my head and focused on it as hard as I could. We sat that way for a long moment, just focusing and holding hands.