The Call to Search Everywhen Box Set by Chess Desalls

Author:Chess Desalls
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: time travel series, teen time travel, time travel for teens, young adult, series box set
Publisher: Czidor Lore, LLC
Published: 2016-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

The Departure

“WHAT? ARE you serious?” Ivory appeared panic-stricken. The look did not suit her.

“Get Calla and me close to the Falls,” said Valcas. “She’ll be her own decoy. You will need to leave us where the flames are shallow. Then you and Ray must take the boat and drive the Uproar toward us, to Calla, which is what it wants. We will escape through the Falls, and hopefully it will come after us and be extinguished.”

Ivory pressed her lips into a tight line, her steel-gray eyes glaring.

Ray raised his eyebrows. Frowning, he shoved his hands into his pockets.

Only then did it strike me that all the training in the world could never have softened the blow of the danger my team of protectors and I were about to face. My hands trembled as they covered my face in horror.

“You can’t expect me to just let you and Calla waltz right in there,” Ivory said tightly. “It’s too dangerous. We never discussed this—this wasn’t part of the plan.”

Valcas raised his voice over the crackling of flame. “You were chosen to obey commands on this mission, and our course has changed.”

My jaw dropped. Was Valcas in charge now because he transported us with his travel glasses? I wondered whether taking control over the travel made him captain. More importantly, how did he know the Uproar would show up here? Once again, I couldn’t shake the thought that the Uproar’s attacks seemed to coincide with Valcas’ presence.

“I will accompany Calla through the Fire Falls,” he repeated. “You and Ray will see to it that the Uproar follows us and is extinguished, and then your roles in this mission will be complete.”

With my face still covered, I felt two pairs of arms around me and the wetness of tears that fell from the direction of muffled sobs.

I looked up to see Ray’s blue eyes, glassy with tears. Saying nothing, he kissed me on the forehead and hugged me good-bye. Ivory did the same, surprising me with a kiss on the cheek.

“I figured sooner or later Valcas would want you all to himself,” Ivory whispered in my ear. “Follow whatever instructions he gives you and keep safe. He won’t hurt you. You’re too important to him—to all of us.”

I nodded, and then stood there with wet eyes, sniffling, as Ivory let me go.

My team and I sat in somber silence as Ivory maneuvered the vessel to a spot with rocky footing, high enough for Valcas and me to stand as close to the Fire Falls as possible. As the flames from the Falls drew nearer, I could feel my own temperature rise from their dry, sweltering heat.

Sooner than I would have liked, I found myself pressing the hands of Ivory and Ray one last time before Valcas and I disembarked.

Valcas reached out to Ray, who accepted and briskly shook his hand. “Excellent work detecting the Uproar’s weakness. Thank you, Technician. I wish you the best.”

Then, to Ivory, Valcas made a gesture with both hands open with outfacing palms, his fingers pointing upward and thumbs crossed.

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