"We can't tell what it is, but it was enough concern that Mother pulled myself and two other Ethereals from our slumber."
The word rang a bell in my memory.
There were Ethereals here, in Northlands! Adam had told me they were secretive and hid deep in the mountains, but he communed with them from time to time, bringing them supplies and information when requested.
I didn't know anything else about them until now.
Witch was one of them, and there was more.
Sensing my thoughts, Witch looked at me.
"There are six of us. We take turns, two of us will stay awake, overseeing a few centuries before we awaken the next in line and return to our void with Mother. Two have been awake for three centuries, their slumber isn't for another two."
"Who is awake now?" I asked without control.
She sm
