As the weeks went on, the seasons changed from winter to spring. The temperatures began to rise and the days began to stretch longer. Noah was still expected to meet Jack at sunrise, which was becoming earlier and earlier in the day as the sunset gradually grew later.
The training did not seem to get much easier, although Noah did feel himself improving with leaps and bounds. But Jack was unrelenting, and he just pushed harder and harder as Noah’s skills grew with each passing day.
Noah also noticed that Daisy seemed to become a different person the longer they stayed in Arizona. It was as if she was becoming more relaxed and comfortable, which was in sharp contrast to the way she seemed at Castle Gealach.
Before they came here, as Noah was getting to know his sister, she seemed frig
