Chapter Thirty-Three
Search Party
Andel looked around the valley floor at frost-reddened wetland shrubs. Thin, high cloud prevented the sun’s warmth from reaching them. Even the chirp of the swamp-dwelling creatures seemed dispirited. With a steady breath, she prepared to immerse herself in the valley’s bedrock once more, but paused when Huldar stepped through the nearby portal.
He did not return her smile. “Lind is missing.”
Missing? She tilted her head in confusion.
“She was coming to see me but never turned up. I can’t sense her presence. She’s gone.”
“How can she be gone?” Andel cast about with her mind and found no sign.
“What’s happened? Where would she go?”
He reached for her hand. “Let me show you what I know … ”
With the extra insight, Andel’s alarm escalated. She remembe
