CHAPTER TWENTY THREE Kate found herself looking around every few strides through the mountains, unwilling to believe that she might really be on the right path. Nevertheless, the details seemed to line up with her dream almost exactly. There were boulders and overhangs in the same places, the path twisting to the same degree. Kate kept following it, still not sure if she was doing the right thing. She took another step forward, and fear and pain hit her like a hammer. It came out of nowhere, there one step after there had been nothing. There was terror such as Kate had never experienced in her life, coupled with pain that felt like she was rolling in stinging nettles, or set on fire. The sheer shock of it made her recoil, and as she did so, Kate felt the sensation fade, gone as quickly

