Bk 2: Chapter Six (2)

Young Master Li's lips flattened to a straight line as he returned to his seat.

"You are going to the Nether world?" he asked her, "How?"

"Let me worry about the details," she answered. At her words, the old man laughed.

"You Thraines have a way about you. I have never seen one happily accept death as payment for service rendered," he laughed.

"You are yet to tell me how to use the crystal heart," Lady Lusa said to the old man.

"You wish to use it to open that gate?" he pointed out the window to the large back gate taller than any mountain, wider than three rivers in the distance.

"You protest, now you know what it's for?" she asked.

"I couldn't care less. Wry not, the tribesmen will deal with it if you wish," the old man said.

"And you also wish that hand over the other keys to you while I'm at it," she scoffed.

"Girl, if the heart could be handled by a mortal, with its power alone, I would have been able to leave this world called Thriergor on my own," He said.