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leaned in closer so that Alysia could barely hear her. “He is blind to my magic, CeeCee, and I know what to do to stop him once and for all,” she said.
    “How is that?” Alysia whispered. “And how can I help to bring this about?”
    “Chaos made a big mistake by personally interfering with the taking of your world. He’s added himself to the history and therefore the things he has gained from his Turevila can easily be undone. Lancert, your father, has been trying to right the events of your world for several hundred years. He has tried everything from talking to your mother to placing explosives on the area where the portal opens from Yalem—”
    “Wait. Are we talking time travel, Lenny?”
    “Yes. But not only time travel.” She gestured helplessly. “I’m trying to find an easy way to explain the mess that we’re all in. His name is Chaos for a reason, CeeCee. Nothing he does can be considered good. He was born to this world during the tidal wars and has had his eyes set on usurping the throne of Yalem. I know it sounds noble, but the people of this world are very happy with the current emperor. None of them consider his system broken, and the last thing they want is a warlord like Chaos.”
    “And the Erts are the ones in charge, right?” Alysia asked, and Lenorela nodded her head to confirm.
    Lenorela sat back and swallowed the rest of her wine, then looked at Alysia intently. “The missions I do for the Erts are not on this world, CeeCee. We’ve found a bridge between Yalem and the other worlds, and it allows us to silently undo a lot that has been done. This is why Lancert has sent you here, to me. He wants you to find a way to seal the portal that allowed the Turevila to access your world.”
    “And if I do this, does it not affect everyone in random ways? The whole ripple in time thing, ruining the future? What will become of me and my family?”
    “You have seen Yalem, CeeCee. There is no undoing that. You are here, even if you were to never exist in your world. So sealing this portal would forever stop Chaos from using your world to recruit a future Alysia.”
    Alysia thought on this sadly and then looked up at Lenorela. “How many portals have you managed to seal?”
    “Only one,” she replied. “The one in my old world, and now I am working on another. But if you can seal your own, it will weaken him significantly, and when the Erts press their attack he will be without a significant number of troops.”
    Alysia said, “So sealing the portal will destroy the demon converts?”
    “And it will restore your world to its correct timeline.”
    “Will it ever get easier?” Alysia asked, and Lenorela inclined her head questioningly. “This whole situation, I mean. The weight of it all. Hearing that ‘you must do this and that CeeCee, or your family and friends are forever screwed.’ I haven’t gotten a break in over a year of fighting, and now here I am, being told that I will be going back to my world—to fight.” She sighed and rolled her eyes.
    Lenorela looked genuinely sorry, and she touched her hand as she spoke. “What if I were to tell you that you would earn immortality, and a permanent seat in the court of the Erts?”
    “Is that true?” Alysia asked evenly.
    “No, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was offered to you once Chaos is sent to the endless plains.”
    “While it’s a nice thought, Lenny, it’s not reassuring. What’s immortality if I can’t share it with my mom and dad?”
    Lenorela picked up her wine glass and drained a stubborn drop from it. “I see your point, CeeCee, but you will make new friends. Like me, for instance. I would be there with you!”
    Alysia smiled at the thought and tried to imagine an eternity of hanging out with Lenorela, joking, trying on new outfits, and discussing the past. It didn’t seem all that terrible when she was in the picture. “It’s not the same, but I know you need me. What do we need to do to get this portal of