TenThey headed west on a lonely track. Jake let Bea lead the way, not knowing his bearings in the dark, foreign land. The swamps gave way to foothills, mountains looming up on their right in the distance. Jake looked at the dark forbidding peaks, his leg throbbing. “Does the sun ever come up around here?”
“Not seen it yet, and I've been here a while. Kaiden said that it does come up, but very seldom. Maybe it's like the Antarctic. Y'know, long winters and short summers.”
Jake looked over at Tamatan, who was walking in silence. “Are you okay?”
“I am fine. I was just thinking about the boy. Why is he here, in this land?”
“Beats me,” Jake said as he rubbed at his thigh. He looked to his left, seeing the outskirts of a forest on the horizon. “Nice place?”
“That's where Kaiden is. There is
