“You"re saying the place is haunted?” asked Cait.
“Maybe. Some lingering anger or fear. Places often have a presence, an atmosphere. Like this grove. Not everyone is really aware of it. But that"s the reason those tower blocks were closed. Oh, there was the damp and all the rest, but the fact is no one liked to live there. Without really knowing why.”
“We"ll slip quickly through,” said Danny. “We"ll be fine.”
“And what about you, Gran?” asked Cait. “Will you be safe?”
“Oh, don"t worry about me. A few simple tricks of light, illusions of you flitting through the shadows in the opposite direction, and they"ll be fooled.”
“They"ll come for you eventually. The undain may come for you. You said it would be able to get in here.”
They were nearly at the edge of the trees. The traffic roared
