Chapter 229

"We go back twenty-two years... and bring that holy relic back, whole. Isn't that all there is to it?"

Cain knew, himself, that what he'd just said was far from perfectly rational.

But Viola was dying, right in front of him. He could see it — the clear light glowing inside her, her very existence itself, growing fainter and fainter.

He had to find a way, somehow, by whatever means necessary.

"On my way to the altar chamber, I passed what looked like your research room. It was full of all kinds of experimental records. It looks like you've researched the nature of time and space itself, as well."

The only possibility worth clinging to, right now, was Elionis's research.

If, twenty-two years ago, the other half of the holy relic had vanished for no apparent reason...

Then Cain could think of no other way to save Viola than to…