I couldn't help but shrug. "We still had to stop Ren. If we'd let him live, he would have returned to Edius, and we would be in no better position. Evil begets evil, and we needed to stop him. Edius would have killed him if Ren had given us any information."
"So how do we find Edius now?" Braeden asked.
I took a deep breath and sighed. "I don't have a clue. I assume he will come after us as soon as he finds out Ren is dead. Once again, we defeated one of his minions. He'll want revenge for this killing."
"Give me a minute?" Ruby asked. "I think I have something that will help."
Ruby hobbled away, and I realized she'd been injured in the battle. Her left pant leg was torn and blackened, as if burned. We watched her duck behind a large boulder and then reappear with a pack.
"What the hell is that?" Dash asked when Ruby removed a large, ancient text from the pack. Her arms strained to hold it.