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“It was just a ring.”
“It will lead Jadeon to his death.”
He panicked. “We must warn him.”
“I’ll see what I can do. But you have to back off.”
“Ingrid?”
“She’ll be fine. Ingrid is in Nirvana. Don’t you remember that feeling? Don’t you want to feel that way again?” I let go of Alex’s shirt and tugged on it, straightening it. “Now be a good boy and do exactly as I say.”
“You have to let her go.”
“You must understand. I am your master in all things.”
“Help me to understand this.” He pointed to Ingrid.
“I’d prefer it if you didn’t question me.”
“Then how can I trust you?”
“Look, all I’m doing is giving her a taste. You can see she’s not transformed.”
“Why?” he asked.
“To protect you. Once she’s experienced the bliss, she’ll be sympathetic to your foibles.”
“I don’t want this for her.”
“It’s not up to you.”
“Orpheus.”
“What?”
“I have to get to Jadeon.”
“When I am done here, if you haven’t pissed me off any more, I will help you.”
Alex stared at me.
“Don’t shield your thoughts from me,” I said.
Alex sighed. “They make no sense.”
“There is no sense in our world.”
“It’s madness.”
“Chaos is inevitable,” I said. “Don’t fight it, or it will devour you.”
“I don’t understand any of it.”
“And I don’t expect you to.”
Chapter Sixty-One
JADEON
