LUCIEN'S POV

"I was going to," I lied. "But then all this happened with the ancient ones, and I didn't want to distract her."

Noah was quiet for a long moment, thinking about everything I had told him.

"So if we find Daisy's mother," he said finally, "she can tell us where the crown is hidden."

"Right."

"And with the crown, we can open a portal to wherever the ancient ones took Daisy."

"Right."

"And you know how to find Daisy's mother."

I nodded. "I know the ritual. It's complicated, and it requires ingredients that are hard to find, but I can do it."

This was all complete nonsense, of...