14. Mr. Shankly
Mount Öræfajökull, Iceland
Six days earlier“Cait!”
Fer cried out as Cait, Ran and the man from Genera fell into the lava-pit. The shock on Cait's face as she disappeared from view was terrible to see. For some reason she'd jumped – jumped or fallen – before Fiona, her mother, could take her hand.
Fer, along with Johnny, Fiona and Cait's grandmother, Catherine, scrambled to the edge of the pit. The heat coming off the lava was intense, prickling Fer's eyes. The red pool of molten rock looked alive, moving and breathing, little plumes of molten rock flicking off it. There was no sign of Cait or the others. They'd fallen: either into the lava or across the aether into Angere. Fer wasn't sure which was the worse fate.
Catherine slipped her arm around Fiona, holding her gro
