“And one day, when Orcus was gone to see his brothers, she took a path between realms. Stepped beyond her world, and into the next.” Nesryn’s blood went cold. “H-how?” “She had watched. Had learned of such rips between worlds. A door that could open and close at random, or if one knew the right words.” The spider’s dark eyes gleamed. “We came with her—her beloved handmaidens. We stepped with her into this … place. To this very spot.”
