"In my room. Give me a minute." I left the table with my head spinning. Nothing like being asked to save the world.
I grabbed the crystal from my dresser and sat on the bed, studying the shiny object. Could everything really hinge on a piece of glass? I remembered how Ren sucked souls into a similar crystal.
"Talk for a few minutes?" Aurelius asked, standing at my door. I nodded, and he closed the door. He sat in the chair next to the bed. "What you're doing is a great thing. I think we both know none of the others would step up the way you have and the way you are for Ruby."
"It doesn't feel great. Part of me thinks the whole thing is either a trap or I'm still at my old guild having a nightmare." I crossed my legs on the bed and leaned against the headboard. "This was all planned, wasn't it?"