Chapter 21Fearful of being pushed painfully against the mirror, Jeyan stiffened and prepared to resist the Gevethen’s urging grip. A sudden wash of biting coldness passed over and through her, taking her breath, and she had been thrust a pace forward before her mind began to register what was happening. She had been almost touching the mirror yet there had been no impact! Nothing! Nothing except the coldness which seemed to be lingering inside her. She shivered and, unbidden, opened her eyes. At first she thought she was in absolute darkness. Then she saw, or sensed, the reflected lights of the Watching Chamber. But they were not immediately in front of her like fixed stars, they were all about her, seemingly hovering in mid-air. And they were vague and unclear, as though she were looking
