Chapter 27
‘Booked in for a tandem flight for the day after tomorrow,’ Noah announced as he hung up his phone. ‘Assuming the weather holds. You do realise that this is the worst time of year for hang gliding. The winds are unpredictable.’
We had finished dinner and were all putting off getting up for our various evening chores. Tessa looked exhausted again. All she’d done was help to catch a few loose sheep and then drive Dallmin into town for a tetanus shot. I would have to pay more attention and try to predict what she wanted done before she could do it herself.
‘We can’t exactly wait for summer. We’ll just have to hope for the best,’ Aunt Lily said, hunching over the local paper to read without letting Dallmin get too close a look.
‘When will we leave?’ I asked. ‘Isn’t Sergeant Loxw
