Chapter 11
The VisitWhile Kyra was having these experiences with Maal, and Karne was at work on Maal’s tomb, Fern was disturbed in her green world by an unexpected and unwelcome visit from Wardyke. She was digging a small patch of earth not far from the clearing Maal and Kyra were wont to use for Kyra’s ‘travelling’ lessons and she was singing as she worked. The sun was warm on her back and a friendly robin was perched on a clod of earth nearby, glad to see her disturbing the earthworms. Every time she stopped digging for a moment to rest, he would swoop in, tug out a worm and fly off to deliver it to his hungry family. Other birds were singing in the trees and the scent of summer honeysuckle was heavy in the air.
She first sensed something was wrong when she paused in her own song and n
