Chapter 5 – Lessons in Hard ThingsGailin burst awake gasping. Her eyes saw nothing, for dawn had not yet lifted. She struggled to control her breathing and oriented herself. Greatly daring, she reached her mind out to brush against Grandmother, and found she too was just coming out of a dream but she would not waken for a while. The poor old woman slept more than anything nowadays, which was probably for the best. If she knew what the granddaughter she had raised was going through Grandmother would die of fright right there.
Next Gailin reached very carefully toward the front of the room where she had heard Drake make his bed the evening before. To her surprise, he was gone, or she could not sense him. She pushed out farther, seeking in the darkest hour of the night. With her magic she br
