Chapter Twenty-Six
THE VANISHING CHARM
It had been almost a week since Huldar had agreed to seal the cave beneath the falls, but the weather had deteriorated to such an extent that this would be his first opportunity to go back.
Andel stood beside him, far-searching the position of the Went herd. When she opened her eyes she took him by the hand and shared an image of a thousand shaggy backs plodding through the rain. Another few days and they’ll converge on the long beach where … Her stream of thought momentarily dimmed. The vision zoomed up and down the long column. Can’t see any stragglers … and it seems there’s only one blue one – I wonder what happened to them? But perhaps there’s more. They’re so wet it’s hard to tell.
She withdrew her vision. Huldar looked up at the sun, relieve
