Chapter 37

Like all the other times, traveling through Garret's portal was disorienting, but it didn't last very long. We landed on the grass, just outside the ancient pillars where the blood garnets were housed. This was the place where he would finally find what he'd been searching for. We didn't have a second to spare, so I worked quickly and quietly to decipher the Ancient Crysauralian inscriptions at the base of each pillar. Garrett had mentioned that he had less than an hour to deliver the precious stone to the person he was negotiating with, or else the deal would be called off. Garrett had never gone into the specifics, but from what I'd gathered from Malekh, someone he cared about was being held hostage. Apparently, the valuable blood garnet would be traded in exchange for the hostage. It was something he desperately needed, and I would do whatever I could to make sure it rested in his hands by the end of the night. After a few minutes, I managed to locate one of the garnets, and Garrett