Chapter Twenty-Nine
Andel and Lind
Andel watched as Huldar stepped through the portal. She knew she would miss his physical presence, but her experiment had proved a great success and the thought of honing her skills with more such adventures sent tingles through her body. Her neck prickled and she turned to meet Lind’s sad gaze. The angel’s haze seemed quite fragile, and Andel’s heart went out to her. It seemed strange to see the brash explorer so at odds. They had barely spoken since the ‘rescue’ and Sari was quite concerned by her increasing isolation.
“It’s as if there’s a great weight on her mind,” Sari had confided. “But she won’t let me see what it is. It’s as if something has made her afraid.”
But what could be so frightening to the normally resilient angel? Was it her pride? D
