Chapter 48

"The secret of getting things done is to act!"

Dante Alighieri

I bit my tongue, knowing that I couldn't tell Zach that I saw his sister just a second ago. Zach's mind was in havoc. Part of me knew that it was definitely her; she was the spitting image of him. I began to wonder if she had been hidden in the underground tunnels all these years when everyone was looking for her. Was she part of Nameless's gang? Was she his accomplice or his lover? I didn't want to believe that she'd chosen magic over her family, that she chose to abandon her own daughter for a half demon.

Our plan was suddenly worthless and the only other lead was Gjöll-the place filled with a lot of myths, to which the entrance was forbidden and most likely guarded by other supernatural beings.