Chapter 143. The Dance of the Spirits

Her words sent a chill down my spine, and I sat there frozen, trying to process what she had just said. Death? If I got this wrong, I could die. 

Okay, this was getting more real than I thought it could get. 

I swallowed hard, my throat suddenly dry. “Aria, are you serious? You’re telling me that the only way to shift in time is to gamble with my life?” I did not like it, I did not like it at all. 

“Rue,” She said gently, probably feeling the anxiety and fear that I felt. She was a part of me so of course, she was going to be able to sense things that I felt or went through emotionally. There was an edge of urgency in her tone. “This isn’t a game. If you want to shift, you need to take the risk.” 

“But—but what if I just forget about it and shift when I’m truly ready like you had said? I could just explain to Darco that I lied because I was scared. You literally said that he valued me and would not hurt me, right?” I knew what I was doing, I was