Swift Gate~
Gaven Buchanan
Dundarien, Aleron
Gaven followed Jenna up the ladder to the cave Calum and Rachel found weeks ago. When they reached the top, she hurried inside.
Two little girls stood waiting, both with raven-black hair. Their big, dark eyes blinked back at him. Jenna ignored them and headed straight for a pillar. Her hands swept the stone at its base in a hurried search.
Gaven stopped before the girls. The youngest clutched the other’s hand. Pale waifs in identical white shifts, they watched him warily. He took a knee so as not to tower over them.
“Don’t worry. I don’t bite. What are your names?”
“Raven,” said the elder and braver of the pair. “And Mouse,” she added in a furtive whisper.
“Here.” Jenna returned with a glass vial. “This is what gets us back to Twelveston
