My fault or not, I needed answers. And there was only one person in my life who could give them to me. The trouble was, I didn't know if Tulip was even talking to me anymore after what happened earlier that day. I still couldn't believe how crazy my life had become-again-in such a short period of time, but there was nothing to be done about it.

Instead, I spun on Mafdel, grasped her hand and, grim, pulled her between realms and into the Repository. It welcomed me with ...