Chapter 268

I started to get tired and hungry, and the Mother seemed annoyed at all of my questions. "Can you send us back to the mortal world?"

"No," she said.

Damn.

"After the Underlings attempted to evict me from the Underworld, I was brought to this realm and encased by my protectors. It also encased my abilities. I can't do anything to help my Children."

I wanted to cry. Here was a powerful being on our side, but she was just as much of a prisoner as we were.

Wait, maybe the question wasn't what she could do for me but what I could do for her.

"This isn't the realm that you created?"

"No. This is just a small sanctuary…one that is no bigger than this hut. When I first arrived, my friends created an entire world for me. They tried to make it resemble my home, but they didn't understand what my world was really like. How could they when this dark place has been their only existence? So, they showed me how to build it from my memories."

"The way the Elders build their world from their m