Book Four: Chapter 40

“Some rocks fell in here.” Sofia pointed to the rats. “They were nice enough to help us clean up this area. And we might have news.” She patted the stack of books next to her. All of them had multiple bookmarks inserted into their pages. “We think we know how to get Mike to the faerie realm.”

“I’m sure he’ll be ecstatic. Will probably drop everything to do it.”

Sofia sighed. “Yeah, I bet he will. You’re still planning to go with him... right?”

“I am.”

Sofia and Ratu exchanged a look.

“Then we need to address the issue of your spiritual hitchhiker first,” Ratu said. “The last thing we need is to discover that Oliver has been biding his time until he can get you alone with Mike. Going to a strange realm would be the perfect time and place for such a move.”

Beth frowned. “So what are we going to do?”

“I have everything ready for that, actually.” Ratu pointed at the woman on the floor. “Asterion, can you please take our guest to the pagoda? Put