Chapter 352

LUMINA

"Lake," I said, "can you open a portal to the Silvercrest nest? Based on the photos Xenois showed you?"

"Yes," Lake said, his hands already beginning to glow. "But Lumina, I've never taken this many people through at once. And I've definitely never taken them into active combat. If I mess up the coordinates, if I drop us in the wrong place—"

"You won't mess up," I said firmly. "Because Riley is going to guide you. Riley, can you see where we need to land? Where we can arrive without immediately getting killed?"

Riley closed his eyes again, his face scrunching with concentration. After a moment, he...