Slamming a fist into the palm of his other hand, he paced in a compact circle. "Mother f—" I grabbed his shoulder. "Look, I'm just as pissed as you are, but this isn't going to solve anything." Elyssa had taught me that raging rarely solved anything. "Maybe we can backtrack to the Gloom portal instead of wasting our time at the Grotto arch, and I'll try opening it again. The Exorcists might have removed whatever is blocking it." I highly doubted it, but it wasn't safe to remain here. He sucked in a breath between clenched teeth. Nodded. "This situation is extremely annoying." Arms folded across his chest, he tapped a finger on his triceps and looked back toward the kidnappers. "We should follow these people and find out where they're based. The woman said the ripper was set to one-way. There must be a way to allow us to go through." "You want to steal it?" I asked. He nodded. "It's our best bet." "Might as well come back," Jarvis called through the fog. "There's no way out of the Gloom.
