Page 322 of Of Sins and Sacrifice

He is not completely lost to me.

He is probably in P’asala right now, making his way toward the Letharion—the well of oblivion. And as soon as he drinks from that well, he will forget everything.

He will forgetme.

Come find me.

The words echo in the frozen room.

Come find me.

How? Where?

There is no way for me to go to P’asala and get his soul before he reaches Letharion. I would be killed on the spot if I tried to trespass—that much I know.

Once he’s drunk from Lethe’s well, he will be assigned a level in the House of Psyche while he awaits his next incarnation.

The logical thing would be to wait for him to be reborn. But there is another thing to consider.

He’s a soldier, a killer. He’s killed countless people, both in the name of this senseless war and to protect me. That alone would likely relegate him to Katras, the lowest level of the House of Psyche, where he might be tortured for an eternity.

ThatI cannot countenance.

Not only must I prevent him from being tortured, for I have heard stories of how harsh the punishment is for damned souls, but I cannot let him rot in there for an eternity.

While damned souls can create enough merit for themselves to move up the levels of the House of Psyche before eventually getting their turn at reincarnation, there is also the possibility that they will never make it that far.

He might be sent to Katras, or he might be sent to a slightly higher level. As long as he is at the bottom of the House of Psyche, hewillsuffer, and that is unacceptable.

My hands ball into fists as I imagine the horrors he’s about to endure.

You’re a goddess, Minnie! You have power.

I do, don’t I? I might not have the power to bring him back to life in his original form, but I can get his soul back. It might be hard. It might be close to impossible. But I’ve already done the impossible when I went to the House of Moirai and cut my own thread of fate. Breaking into the House of Psyche should be easy compared to that.

Wyn’s ominous words ring in my mind.

When the time comes, you must make two visits. One to the House of Moirai and one to the House of Psyche.

She knew this would happen. Somehow, she knew everything.

I trusted her once and went to the House of Moirai. Now I will trust her again and go to the House of Psyche.

Hopefully stealing a soul is not too hard.

But how do I enter the House of Psyche? Can I just barge inside and wander through the levels? There is very little I know about the workings of the House of Psyche aside from the standard information we’re taught in our schooling. The Houseof Psyche is not open to visitors, just like the House of Moirai, so I could be turned away.

Alas, if all things fail, I suppose my last resort is killing myself and going to the House of Psyche as a spirit, though I don’t know how I would avoid the Letharion so I don’t lose my memories and thus lose sight of my goal.

I groan. Why is this so hard? Not only that, but why am I so damn ignorant of the workings of my own world? I don’t even know what I’ll do once I find him. What does a soul look like after it arrives in the House of Psyche? Is it the same as before? Does it change? Can I carry it in my pocket? Do I need a special soul-carrying bottle or vial?

I let out a heavy sigh.

But there is another question that lingers in my mind.

Did Mine know he would die?

Closing my eyes, I massage my temples and think back to the night before.

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