“How long has it been since I left?” Desmond asked urgently, once he returned to The Echo after his uncomfortable chat with Ryan.

“I think a few hours have passed since you had to leave,” Lydia answered him.

Desmond gave a nod to the answer he had been given. He was relieved to find that he hadn’t been gone for so long it might have caused a great deal of damage to The Echo. Without Mykel there to stop anything from coming through from The Dark, he ...