Book Four: Chapter 183

“Improvise,” Ratu responded, her eyelids closing. “I need...to...so tired.” When the naga shut her eyes, her body settled and she looked no different from the earth itself. Worried that she may have died, Kisa put her hand on Ratu’s skin and was relieved when it shifted beneath her touch.

“Go,” Ratu muttered, and Kisa moved toward the exit.

She ran after Marco, her padded feet allowing her to be completely silent, and it wasn’t long before she caught up to him. He didn’t seem to be in much of a hurry, and was speaking as if someone was next to him.

“Yes, my army is keeping them busy, so we should be able to sneak out of the front,” he said. “Your mother will be waiting out front, you have no idea how thrilled she’ll be to have you back.”

Something in his hand pulsed blue, the glow casting an eerie shadow behind him. Kisa realized he was talking to the necklace.

“No, he’s out of the house. He started a fight with the faerie queen, so I let her know he wa