Chapter 14Serian carried Hawklan to the top of the hill effortlessly. There, Hawklan reined him to a halt and looked along the road ahead. In the distance the towers of Anderras Darion shone in the morning light like great jewels crystallized in the ancient mountains, but the road in front of him dipped down into a wooded hollow untouched by the sun, and isolated tree tops protruded through a thick mist like saplings and shrubs in the snow.
Hawklan felt a surging excitement.
‘Ethriss. Awaken,’ came the voice, or was it voices? Strong at first, seeming almost to echo from the distant towers, but fading rapidly.
‘No!’ roared Hawklan at the top of his voice. ‘No!’ And driving his knees into the horse he urged him forward at full gallop down into the mist.
As soon as they entered, however,
