Chapter SixA world away, another blue doorway extinguished itself, a tall lone figure standing on rough flagstones as men gathered around him. “What news?” he said, his voice commanding.
“An outlander came,” a man who matched his height replied warily.
“How do you know he was an outlander?” the hooded figure probed.
“Coz he was dressed like you, Lukash. He came with a girl. A little girl. We tried to capture him, but the man was clever. He took off and killed my hound before riding off on a steel beast.”
“Steel beast?” Lukash countered, removing his hood. His pale skin shone in the torchlight, black hair shielding some of his dark expression. “You mean motorbike?”
“If you say so?” the man replied shrugging his shoulders.
“Lorcan, at first light, take the men back to the place we'd pi
