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Chronos, can you explain it? Because if I have to keep talking to them, I’m going to kill someone.”
    “I shall handle it,” Chronos said.
    “I’m stepping outside for a few minutes,” Sharon said.
    “Was it something I said?” I asked.
    She glared at me, rose, and headed for the exit.
    Chronos took a deep breath and looked askance at me. “You wanted to kill Charon for what I assume is a valid reason, but as you are incapable of achieving said goal, you’re going out of your way to annoy him.” He hesitated. “Her. In any case, you will show me some respect, or I will freeze time and do things to you that you really don’t want me to do.”
    Rather than point out that his magic wouldn’t work on me, I held up my hands, palms out. “It’s cool. Tell us how this is going to work.”
    “Very well. As you are immune to magic, the spells I’ll be casting will affect only your friends. I’m going to link Kelly, Brand, and Rayna with a bond that will automatically activate once you achieve each goal because I’ll infuse the link with Winslow’s DNA. I’ll send you back with Kelly to Egypt circa 1323 before the Common Era. I’ll send Brand to 1877, and I’ll send Rayna to 1926.”
    “To be clear, are we going back to kill Winslow?”
    He shook his head. “He’s already dead, Jonathan, so you won’t be killing him exactly. You’ll need to find his aspect in ancient Egypt first. His magic will be weakest back then because he’ll be at one-third power. When you eliminate him back then—kill his aspect, that is—his energy will flow forward in time to his next aspect in the 1870s. As soon as that happens, Kelly will be pulled forward to Brand, so you’ll need to be in physical contact with her or you’ll be stuck in ancient Egypt.”
    “Question,” Kelly said.
    “Please,” Chronos said and gave her a nod.
    “What if I die in ancient Egypt? What happens to Jonathan then?”
    “He will be trapped there, and all will be lost. As you’re a Sekutar, I don’t think you’ll need to worry much about dying.”
    She nodded. “Okay.”
    “When I go to the 1870s, if Kelly and Jonathan are with me right away, that means they succeeded in Egypt, right?” Brand asked.
    “You will be linked to Kelly and to Rayna, so however long it takes them to find and kill Winslow in Egypt is the amount of time you’ll be on your own in the 1870s. That means that for Rayna, it’s the time in Egypt plus the time in the 1870s.”
    “So what do I do in the 1870s before Kelly and Jonathan join me?” Brand asked.
    “You’ll find Henry Winslow’s aspect there.”
    “How do I do that?”
    “His mother was named Mary, and his father was Elvin,” Chronos said.
    “And that helps me how?”
    “You’ll just need to investigate and find them.”
    I shook my head. “It will be easier to do now,” I said. “Just hop online and check the census for 1870. You should be able to get an address. You might check 1880 too in case they moved. That will make things a lot easier.”
    “Excellent idea. What if I have a chance to take him out? Do I do that?”
    Chronos shook his head. “No. If you kill his aspect before Kelly and Jonathan reach you, they might not be able to come forward to you. I’m using genetic material from Henry’s bones to form part of the bond, so his aspect needs to be alive for the spell to work. It’s possible that Kelly would be pulled to Rayna in the 1920s, as would you, but this is a delicate spell, so don’t take any chances. If this is done in the correct order, I know it will work.”
    “Okay. I was just asking because if I’m understanding what you’re telling us, Winslow will be even stronger when we face his second aspect.”
    “You are correct. And after you kill him in the 1870s, he will be at full strength in the 1920s when you face him there.”
    “Fun times,” Brand said. He excused himself and went to Kelly’s office to research Winslow’s parents’ address.
    Rayna raised