Chapter 11Zale stared out over the field. It was like any other field, and while Albus had told him he wouldn’t be able to see anything special, he was disappointed. This was the place he’d chosen to die? It had nothing compared to the sea.
“This is it?”
Albus nodded.
“Where exactly do you appear when you come here?”
Albus looked in direction of the forest. “You don’t see the shimmer?”
“There’s a shimmer?” Zale got excited again and gazed intently in the direction Albus was looking, but he saw nothing. Absolutely nothing. “No.”
“No, humans aren’t supposed to.” He took a few steps toward the forest. “It’s there.” He gestured to a spot in front of a huge oak tree.
“Aren’t there any guards?”
“Not on this side. They pop over now and then.”
“Why?”
“To check on us? I don’t know, but so
