The second family ran when the first family fell. We would catch them before they hid their trail. Kein was an excellent tracker, they would not escape in the forest as they planned to do.

We walked into the woods with confidence, Kein and Evan leading. The forest changed as I watched. The trees shifted and became rock walls.

Instead of a forest we were tracking in the mountains.

I felt dread. I hated the mountains. Women could hide in the craggy pits and drop upon us without warning. I heard the beating of wings, but my vision was narrowed and I couldn’t tell where it was coming from.

Christof screamed and I tried to find him. My feet wouldn’t move fast enough, I seemed to be running in thick mud. No one was with me now, I was alone in the mountains, divided from my Brothers.

I woke up a Little and pushed at the walls of the box I was in. The panic of being trapped in here started to mount, spurred on by my strange nightmare. To calm myself I thought of Master Damien and his Brothers. I concentrated hard on them and felt myself almost Leave the box.

The women were coming, their wings were everywhere; I just could not see them. If I could

myself as I

controlled breaths. There was no need to fear. I wasn’t in the mountains, no one was chasing me. Instead, I thought about

at them and for some reason, I’d left them dressed and

Angela’s Library

dissolved and they

asked the men in my dream. “Show me

and I followed him in. I loved to be in

had gone that day. Master Kein showed me the bottom of the canal and the things that lived there. He spoke underwater and told me they could swim much deeper than I could. They had wanted to show me this the day we came, but they knew I wouldn’t be able to swim so

as I swam. We stayed under water forever. This was

with awe as the men zipped through the water. They moved Like some strange sort of eel, undulating up

the worms and ate them underwater. They were so good. I caught and ate the worms with them. Marvelous, wonderful, sticky creatures that bled on my tongue. I couldn’t get enough

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