The next morning Bae was woken before the sun rose. Her Kitsune friend was livid to be woken so early and disappeared after glaring at Lei. Within the hour, the carriages were back on the road. The trees of Elivade forest were now far behind them, having been replaced by giant boulders that were protruding out of the sandy soil. Looking out the window of the carriage, Bae grimaced when all she could see for miles in each direction was the ugly reddish yellow ground. She was anxious to see the coast. She mumbled her complaint to Adelaide who simply said that she'd see it soon enough.
The carriage came to a stop.
"We've not arrived yet, surely," Adelaide was saying.
Bae barely heard her sister as she climbed out of the carriage. She instinctively knew why they had stopped. She could sense
