Chapter 18When Lukas at last dared to lift his head he too was astonished at what he saw. Three Beings of Light were upon the summit of the Tor, and there was no sign of the Lord of Annwn’s palace, nor of the King of Shadows himself. Brother Collen was beside him and his face was glowing with awe and reverence.
‘Who are they?’ whispered Lukas, clutching the hermit’s arm.
‘One of them you know,’ he answered softly.
Lukas stared but did not recognize any of them.
‘You know her as the Lady Creiddylad,’ Collen whispered.
Lukas saw now that it was she, the girl he loved, but now transformed... the Mother of the Earth, the bringer of Life and renewal... The Green Lady in full glory.
‘How beautiful,’ he thought, and his heart ached to see such beauty.
‘The others?’ he whispered to Brother
