Chapter 40
I felt the wind on my skin and knew before my eyes registered the change. The suddenness of it was so unsettling that I felt the soles of my feet hit the ground and I lurched. Thank God, I had my hand on the stone to keep me steady or I might have toppled over.
Ethan wasn't nearly so lucky.
He’d had no warning, no idea that we were on our way to him and now here we were standing beside him on the hillside near the array. Quickly, he pulled us down to hide behind the bush where he’d been crouching.
“Where the hell did you two just come from? What is that thing – is that a stone? It looks like some weird kind of disco light that you’d pick up at the mall.”
“Hey, I wouldn't let the Star Mother hear you talking about her that way,” I joked.
His eyes sought mine, nonplussed. “S
