Cassie inhaled slowly.
There were no Awakened in the Realm of War God… and therefore, it had been the last to be infected by the Nightmare Spell.
That proved that Nightmare Gates and Awakened were somehow connected, all by itself.
The question was, which came first? Had the Nightmares reached Earth, causing the Spell to descend and cause people to Awaken, or had the Spell infected Earth, bringing Nightmares in its wake?
Then again, if one was to believe late Professor Obel and his research, it was one and the same — because ripples caused by these events spread outward in time, affecting both the past and the future.
She frowned.
"I don't see what any of this has to do with Broken Sword, though."
Ki Song smiled from her throne.
