Entering the Shadow Way with a Stranger was very different from entering with a vampire. When you entered the Shadow Way with a vampire, it was like walking through solid darkness before you emerged onto the other side in the Shadow Way itself. While it could be a little disconcerting if you weren’t used to it, after a while it felt as ordinary as opening a door and stepping through. It even felt natural to me, and I was by no means a fan of the Shadow Way.
But entering with a Stranger was an entirely different matter. Timmy didn’t lead us into a shadowy corner like Lucius would. Instead, he simply closed his eyes, hummed a short tune under his breath, and then stepped forward.
Abruptly, we found ourselves standing in the Shadow Way, but it was a part of the Shadow Way I had never seen b
