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“I was thinking that as well.” The frown on her face tells me she’s as worried as I am. She peers up the mountain trail. “We need to keep our guard up for the rest of the way.”
“Agreed,” Jack says, glancing up at the crack in the sky with worry.
I nod in agreement, worried that my father may have come across a foe he couldn’t defeat.
Three hours later, we make it to the top of the mountain and find nothing but a beautiful view of the surrounding highlands.
“Well, that was anti-climactic,” Jack says, taking in the view.
The Midnight soldiers grumble their discontent while what remains of Alek’s crew do the same.
“We had to try,” I say, “but where are Boris and Simon? They couldn’t have just disappeared. If they’re not here, where could they have gone?”
Out of nowhere, we hear a popping noise, like the sound a jar makes when its lid is being removed. I spin around to see a door slide open in nothing but empty space. Only darkness awaits us on the other side.
The soldiers step forward with their weapons drawn, ready to handle whatever emerges from the strange doorway.
Something does appear.
A woman.
She’s dressed in a plain white robe. Her head is bald and her ears pointy, marking her as one of the fae. Her eyes though. They’re like nothing I’ve ever seen. Blue doesn’t quite define them right because the color seems to have a natural luminescence.
“Hello,” she says in a voice that lacks any emotion, “I’ve been expecting you. Please, won’t you come in?” She makes a stiff gesture with her hand inviting us inside what I’m not sure.
“Who are you?” I ask. “What kind of magic is keeping your vessel camouflaged?”
“It’s not really magic. It’s more technology.” As if she flipped a switch, the doorway that looked like it led to nothing suddenly leads to a silver, oval shaped vessel hovering slightly off the ground. “Your friends are waiting for you inside. They’re still in their wolf forms, but I believe the twilight hour is quickly approaching. Come,” she waves her pale hand forward, urging us to follow her, “the experiment will soon begin. I believe it will be something you’ll want to watch.”
“Experiment?” I turn to Jack. “An experiment on who?”
“I have no idea,” he says. “Your guess is as good as mine at this point.”
“Do you recognize that woman?” Margaret asks. “Is she a scout too since her head is bald.”
“I wish I had the answers to your questions,” Jack says, “but I honestly know about as much as you do.”
Margaret eyes the stranger warily. “We have no choice. We have to follow her.”
Margaret and I lead the others toward the entryway.
“Your friends will have to stay outside,” she says to me. “Only you and Margaret may enter.”
“Now wait a minute,” Jack says in an agitated voice. “You can’t expect them to go inside your ship without some protection.”
“Yes,” the woman says, still emotionless, “I can.”
“Then they’re not going inside,” Jack says stubbornly.
“Jack,” I say, drawing his attention to me, “we have to go. It’s the only way we’ll know for sure if she has Boris and the others inside.”
“Oh, I assure you that I do,” the woman says.
“What is your name?” I ask her.
“What would you like to call me?”
“How can you not have a name of your own?” Margaret questions incredulously.
