I had tripped something, going into Halldis"s cell. There was no other explanation for how everyone knew I"d been in there before we had even gotten back out of the caves.
The entire council met us in the meadow overlooking Lake Superior.
The entire council, plus my grandmother.
They relented, a little, when Thorbjorn told them he had been watching over me the whole time.
But mostly it was the cold wind off the lake and the hint of rain in the air that got everyone calmed down enough to adjourn to the council hall.
At some point during the walk into town, we lost Loke. I didn"t see it happen. One minute he was there, and the next he wasn"t. But that was usual for him. And he had played his part. I doubted the others had even noticed he was there when Mjolner, Thorbjorn, and I had come
