60: The perfect exchange

They gave it their best shot, was all he could tell himself.

His eyes grew glassy. "We have to go, Lyon," he said, touching Lyon, but the little boy was now as cold as his father.

Fear gripped Edward's heart, and his mind raced with thoughts of what could have happened. Was Lyon trapped in the realm of the close-to-dead, or did he enter Hades with his father?

Nothing could trap Lyon, not with the level of power he possessed, but then he was just a little over three, and that left him in a vulnerable state.

The shadow sickness would not think twice before harming him if she dimmed him as a threat. Perhaps she had.

Edward didn't know what to think.

Did his quest to save his brother leave him blinded to the vulnerability of his nephew?

Mia would never forgive him, and he would never forgive himself for losing Lyon.

"Lyon!" He gripped the little boy's face and shook him out of fear. He found himself in Hades, the realm of the dead, immediately.

Confusion and surprise took over Edward as h