Page 240 of Savage Throne
“Don’t just talk to him, little one. Get it done byanymeans possible.”
Those words pressed down on me.
“Because you are finally listening.” She disappeared but her words continued to fill the air. “I’ll tell you two things that are important. Things that will save your legacy.”
I scanned the space, still not seeing her. “Okay.”
“They’re plotting in Shanghai to kill you and your Mountain Mistress.”
I gritted my teeth.
“Send your best people to handle it. However. . .if you two go there, you’ll both be dead. But if you send your best, it will be your enemies’ end.”
I swallowed. “And what is the second thing?”
“Keep your sisters close. Keep them in the East.”
“Why?”
“Gohome, little one.”
Before I could respond, the world shifted.
The lake, the other ghosts, the crows—all of it began to dissolve.
All that glowing green light faded into darkness. My breath hitched as the sensation of falling swept through me, pulling me back, back, back, until. . .
I awoke with a jolt.
My heart pounded.
I opened my eyes and blinked a few times.
Where am I?
I took in the new space and realized it wasn’t new at all.
My Palace bedroom stared back at me.
But more important, Moni slept next to me with her hand resting over my heart.
Finally. . .
I turned toward her.
I’m home.
Epilogue
My Baby, The Mountain Master
Moni
Warmth.
That’s what woke me at first.
This soothing heat spread through my body like sunshine on a cold morning.
