Beyond the Threshold

n. A ruler of the in-betwe

ble. It had to

l she felt toward this world, even the way Asher and Caius loo

he forget somet

cking eyes with Caius. "If I was your grea

ghtly. "Because you

wed. "And

Then I'd be standi

ll into a t

a battle hall." She turned to Evelyn, her expression unrea

self. "Then tell me how this happene

ed to Asher. "Why

d sharply

Then, after a long p

ou chose t

ed into her lik

she wh

ou didn't lose your memorie

mach pl

you," she said,

't expect

hed. "Why would I do

. "Because yo

nger surged through

his presence overwhelming.

hem. Shadows coiled in the corners

n down Eve

said, stepping back. "I don't care ab

rned cold. "There is

h hitched

sed the threshold, Evelyn." His voice

f those word

mare she could wake up from. But the way A

inside h

ispered. "Yo

door, ready to run. Re

hed the door's surface, a se

er head as a flood of ima

den c

rd of

eld soaked

ing at the edge of an a

Evelyn collapsed to the f

nt, his hands gripping her shoul

mind is trying to repair itself," she murmured

hadows, his arms crossed

began to fade, leaving behind only

chosen t

he would hav

s war wasn'