Chapter 100

Going into Hedon didn't require me reliving any memories.

This time.

Certain there was still some price to pay, I put my worries aside to deal with it when the time came, because right now I had worse problems. Worse even than my heightened awareness of the contents of the metal pouch I'd retrieved that was in the purse slung across my chest.

"How the fuck is there an ocean in Hedon?" Wet sand sucked at my boots. The inky night sky only had the faintest dusting of stars, seeming to stretch on forever before melting into the faraway horizon. Waves lapped at the shore in a muted roar.

I'd fixed my destination in my mind before I used the bronze token, same as always, but there was nothing and no one out here, so unless Vespa was some cosmic spirit, I was screwed. I didn't have any way to contact them either as their number was blocked.