“How much do you want your mate back?” Darkyn countered. “There’s only one way to do it. You can stay here as my prisoner until Death gets what she wants and one of us kills you. Or, you can find her and make her give you back your mate. Only Death knows where Katie’s soul is. Make a choice.”
“Obviously, I’ll find my mate.”
“Good. Then go.”
“Just like that?” Rhyn asked skeptically.
“Just like that.”
“I’m taking Kiki.”
“I won’t stop you.”
Rhyn couldn’t help feeling as if Darkyn was playing him as Death had. Yet Darkyn asked for nothing in exchange for freeing him.
Save Toby. The words were faint but firm in the same tone Katie had taken with him in the dreamland. Rhyn ignored them, instead fixating on how to track Death in the underworld. He stumbled with his first step but was soon running hard through the castle, his mind on finding Death to regain Katie. He found himself outside the door where Kiki was being kept prisoner. For the first time since leaving Darkyn, Rhyn realized no one had tried to stop him yet. No demons stood in front of Kiki’s door and Darkyn hadn’t ordered the castle after him.
Darkyn was serious about letting them go. Wrenching open the door, Rhyn strode into the chamber. Kiki sprang up from his seat in the corner.
“Toby’s in Hell. You need to go save him,” Rhyn ordered.
“I can’t travel to Hell, Rhyn.”
“I’ll drop you off.”
“Gods, Rhyn, take a minute to think before you act. What’s gotten into you anyway? We have some time to think about this,” Kiki said, peering at him closely.
“I’m going to find Death and take Katie back.”
Kiki started to chuckle and then frowned. “You can’t be serious.”
“I am.”
“Let’s talk to Kris. I can’t just go to Hell without a plan, and maybe he can – “
“No, Kiki. I’m doing this on my own. You want me to drop you off in Hell or not?”
“I want to see Kris first.”
Rhyn turned on his heel and left.
“Rhyn, wait!” Kiki called after him. “You can’t offset the balance of the entire universe for one woman.”