Phei's attention turned toward the deeper presence. "Very encouraging."
{I am Endless, not encouraging. There is a distinction.}
That almost made him laugh but the thought of Elena and the Goddess.
He remembered her panic they'd seen when Althea disappeared after they went back in time, the Ashford Madam, Damien's rage. Melissa's grimace as the whole thing reminded her of something she'd lost to the same family. They'd come back to take yet another precious life!
His Goddess's stepdaughter was missing.
Phei possessed power at this moment that should have made the idea of hiding one child somewhere on Earth laughable, yet somehow he was still sitting inside himself watching two ancient monsters search creation and come back empty-handed.
"I'm not stopping."
Eira already knew the reason. That did not make her less furious.
[You're going to die.]
"Then find her before I do."
[Don't you dare.]
