Sedna screamed. In front of her was a large pool of the Arctic Sea. The temple had disappeared from sight. And so had Afton and Caedmon. “Caedmon!” she cried out, although she knew it was hopeless. “Caedmon!” she called again.
She dipped her hand into the water. She would freeze to death before she could get to anyone down there. No human could survive the icy water. But Afton and Caedmon weren’t human. She strained her eyes, hoping to see them break through the surface of the calm water.
There was nothing.
She thought of Caedmon, and her heart ached. She hadn’t had a chance to tell him she had forgiven him for leaving her. She had no family. No friends. And now, no mentor. She didn’t care what kind of creature Caedmon was. She wanted him to know that the time she’d spent with him four
