Chapter 12
Ancient RelationshipsSome while later when Kyra was greatly absorbed in her new studies, she felt another call from Fern that could not be ignored.
She asked permission to be absent and went at once to the home of her brother and his family.
As before, Isar was missing.
She questioned Fern about Wardyke and whether they had followed her advice. It seemed they had and all had been going fairly well.
Wardyke was allowed to meet the boy. He had settled in the neighbouring village under Olan’s old enemy, Hawk-Eagle, and came only occasionally to visit. The visits were not pleasurable for any of them, but they passed uneventfully enough and Wardyke seemed content with the way things were.
‘And Panora?’
‘Oh, she has been a great help to me,’ Fern said warmly. ‘She always stays
