‘Goodbye!’ Callie whispered an agonised farewell to Lancelot, but his attention was focused on the queen. He held her tight, keeping her safe as they galloped along. Then he looked towards Callie and their eyes locked together in a silent, timeless promise.
‘Lancelot!’ Callie’s yearning cry was drowned by the sound of galloping hoof beats, a booming thunder that echoed and reverberated through the white mist that began to envelop them all, blocking the galloping knight and everything else from view.
They were falling. Spinning through an icy darkness into nothing. Floating and free.
Callie came back to consciousness with the thunder of hoof beats in her ear and the name of Lancelot on her lips. Feverish with fear and longing, she looked about her, taking a few moments to adjust to he
