We were into the Crosspath before I actually managed to understand what Mom had just said. And gulped out of nervousness at the idea of coming face to face with the three sisters of Fate. Mom paused when we entered the hub, face expectant as if she waited for something to happen. I stared at her, a deer in headlights certain of my doom while she smiled at me.

"Eve." She looked around. "Do you feel... anything?"

Like what? I shook my head, mute, but not in denial, in ...