2 “Can you sense them too?” Saoirse asked. Ridley turned her face toward the breeze, closing her eyes as the air and its magic caressed her skin. She let go of her form and became air, and when she thought of Archer, the unspoken answer came immediately. As always, it was a feeling rather than anything that resembled actual words in her mind. The certainty that Archer was just on the other side of that mountain. Her invisible heart beat double time at the knowledge that she would see him soon. She thought of Dad too and felt the same gentle pull toward the reserve. Returning to her human form, she said, “The answer comes so easily when they’re near.” She knew now from conversations with Saoirse that the further someone was from her, the more difficult it would be to find that person. No

