It was on my tongue to snap, "You'd better do your best," but I restrained the urge. There was no point in antagonizing him when Mirri's life still lay in his hands.
"I'd appreciate you hurrying. The Raziq are going to know the minute I step onto the fields."
"They will be too busy saving their puny lives to worry about your presence."
And with that, the white light died and I found myself blinking furiously against tears as I stared at Azriel.
"You were successful?" he said.
"I think so." I pushed upright. "Do we head over to that other warehouse now, and try to find the other gate?"
"There is no need. I can transport us to the coordinates the Aedh left us once you are on the fields."
I frowned. "I thought you said you could only transport to a place you have some physical point of reference to, like a soul?"
"Here on Earth, not on the fields."
"Ah. Good." I hesitated, then added, "I take it you can't transport me onto the fields themselves?"
"No. If I were a reaper, I could guide your soul upon death, but that is not what we desire to happen anytime soon."
I half smiled. "Been there once, and I'm in no hurry for a repeat." I climbed onto the bed, made myself comfortable, then added, "What about the other Mijai? Will they be able to help us at all?"
He hesitated. "In the inner reaches of the temples, no."
"What about if the sorceress reaches the gates? There are Mijai stationed there, aren't there?"
"There is currently only one, as breaches have fallen over the last few hours. But if our sorceress gets that far, more will be called. They will aid us to stop her."